Profile Literary Studies - 1 Language

In order to complete the master’s programme (60 ECTS), students need to take:

1. Compulsory courses (24 ECTS): The master's thesis (18 ECTS), the research methodology course (3 ECTS) and the course “Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels” (3 ECTS).

2. Language related courses (12 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected language.

3. Profile related courses (24 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected profile.

Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies

Compulsory courses (24 ECTS)

Language-related courses (12 ECTS)

You choose courses for 12 ECTS in your chosen language out of the following options:

Dutch

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Profile-related courses (24 ECTS)

You choose courses for 24 ECTS out of the following options:

6 ECTS
Total number of ECTS
60

More optional courses (inter-university exchange)

Several programmes of our sister university Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) are offering their courses to students of the Multilingual Master in Linguistics and Literary Studies within the framework of the Brussels University Alliance (https://www.ulb-vub.be/en/homepage). Consult the list of courses available in the 2024-2025 academic year below.

Among the available ULB courses, you may only register one (6 ECTS); the course must match your profile. You cannot register exchange courses yourself — this is handled by our faculty secretariat. Request that an exchange course be registered for you by sending an email to faclw@vub.be before September 30, 2024, with the following details:

  • Your first name
  • Your family name
  • Your VUB student number
  • Your email address
  • The ULB course ID of the class you want to take

Profile: “Literary Studies”

ULB course ID ULB course title

MOI

SEM

GERM-B455* Tendenzen der deutschen Literatur

DE

2

GERM-B420* Histoire approfondie du théâtre anglophone

EN

2

GERM-B430* Auteurs des Etats-Unis d'Amérique

EN

1

GERM-B510* Littérature canadienne anglaise

EN

2

ROMA-B405* Explication d'auteurs hispaniques / Explicación de autores hispánicos

ES

2

ROMA-B415* Questions de littérature italienne I / Questioni di letteratura italiana I

IT

2