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Applied Sciences
Communications & Media
BSc Communication Science
3 years
€2530 pa
Programme profile
Do social media influence how you vote? Does your Instagram account show the real you? Is Twitter as reliable as a newspaper? In this programme, you learn about the world behind our many different forms of communication.
You will study communication on topics such as vaccination, privacy, climate change, and the influence of social media on a person’s self-image. Together with your fellow students, you will work on national and international issues related to communication, and contribute actively to good communication by organisations and companies.
The programme makes use of project-based education. Every semester has an overarching theme, in which you will follow relevant courses and work on a project together with your fellow students. These projects involve particular communication problems for you to analyse and solve, often in collaboration with external companies. This way, you will gain valuable professional experience long before you graduate
Programme content
Year 1
Introduction to Communication Science; News and Journalism; Project 1: Mediated Reality; Interpersonal Communication; Social Research Methodology; Behaviour and Communication in Organisations; Descriptive and Inferential Statistics; Project 2: Strategic Communication; History of Social Science; Public Relations and Reputation Management
Year 2
Marketing and Persuasive Communication; Quantitative Research Methodology; Project 3: Effective Persuasion; Media Entertainment; Media, Society and Politics; Philosophy of Science; Project 4: Social Media Analytics; Risk and Health Communication
Year3
Mentorship Communication Science Year 3; Multivariate Analysis; New Media Challenges; Bachelor's Thesis
In the first semester of your final year, you can do an internship, study abroad or follow a minor (minors can be taken in another subject, within the Faculty of Social Sciences, at another VU Amsterdam faculty or at another university.
Entry Requirements
Three A-Levels (CCC)
Six passes at Leaving Certificate, inc 2 x 350, Minimum of 350 points
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