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The minor in information and communication provides students with a theoretical introduction to the main issues relating to information and communication science and opens the door to other domains, depending on the student's chosen course of study. 

The proposed program might be considered as additional training, offering the student general skills in communication. This will help him/her to think about how s/he might go about communicating knowledge peculiar to his/her own academic discipline. The program deals as much with communication within a company, an institution or an organization as with media coverage for the general public. In general terms, the minor will increase the student's awareness of this issue whilst also providing him/her with minimal practical skills.

Students who are taking the baccalaureate in human and social sciences have priority access to this course. Students taking the baccalaureate in sociology and anthropology, political science, economics, management, law, the arts of psychology may of course be interested in taking this course alongside their main subject. It should also be noted that the issue of information, the popularization and media coverage of knowledge makes this minor relevant to students taking a baccalaureate in science, agronomy, medicine or exact science. 

Admission to the minor course will be based on competitive exams, with students invited to present a training project. A different selection system based on different criteria will make it possible to decide between the students. Criteria will include the candidate's motivation and the coherence of his training project.

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La mineure totalise 30 crédits, qui se répartissent en 15 crédits en deuxième année et 15 crédits en troisième année.
Cours obligatoires (15credits)
LCOMU1121	General Semiotics  (in French)	Philippe Verhaegen	30h	5credits	2q	x
LCOMU1211	Information and Communication: sociological and ethical approaches  (in French)	Benoît Grevisse	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCOMU1124	Information and communication  (in French)	Philippe Marion	30h + 20h	5credits		x	x
Deux cours (10credits) parmi
LCOMU1126	Anthropology of Communication  (in French)	Gérard Derèze, Alain Reyniers	30h	5credits		x	x
LCOMU1313	Narratology  (in French)	Joëlle Desterbecq (supplée Marc Lits), Marc Lits	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCOMU1327	SEMIOTIC & PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA  (in French)	Philippe Verhaegen	30h + 10h	5credits			x
Un cours (5credits) parmi
LCOMU1323	The Press, Journalism and Society  (in French)	Benoît Grevisse	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LCOMU1224	SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRUCTURES IN MEDIAS  (in French)	Frédéric Antoine	30h + 10h	5credits		x	x
LCOMU1325	Communication and Organisation  (in French)	Thierry Libaert	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCOMU1322	Media and Communication Law  (in French)	François Jongen	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCOMU1328	Media, culture and education  (in French)	Philippe Marion, Sarah Sepulchre, Patrick Verniers (supplée Philippe Marion)	30h	5credits		x	x

- direct access to the Master's in information and communication for 

• the bachelor in sociology and anthropology 
• the bachelor in political science
• the bachelor in economic science and management science 
• the bachelor in human and social science 

- Access with conditions for :

• the bachelor of law :

s/he must add to the Master's in information and communication program: 

COPS1114 
Statistique et éléments de probabilité [30h+30h] (5 credits)
 N.

unless s/he has already taken an equivalent course.

• the bachelor in history, Romance languages and literature or modern languages and literature :

s/he must add the following courses to the master's in information and communication: 

COPS1114 
Statistique et éléments de probabilité [30h+30h] (5 credits)
 N.

 
COPS1115 
Economie politique [45h+15h] (5 credits)
 N.
 

• For other bachelors : human sciences (particularly bachelors in philosophy and arts who hold another qualification to those mentioned above and bachelors in psychology, theology and philosophy) and with the consent of the person in charge of the program, account will be taken of all the tuition that made up the student's baccalaureate, and, should any requirements not be met, these may be added to the Master's in Information and Communication program (maximum 15 credits) .

Enrolling for the minor

1. Organizational details
Minor courses take place during the day on Tuesday mornings, all day on Wednesdays and Thursdays and on Friday morning. 

Academic in charge: Fr. Antoine
Contact person : H. Daelmans daelmans@comu.ucl.ac.be

Enrollment terms: SESP (ESPO)
1st cycle

2. Admission to the minor
An application form is available at the website:  
http://www.espo.ucl.ac.be/documents/formulaire_min_comu.doc

3. Enrolling for the minor
As soon as s/he has enrolled in  BAC12, the student enrolls on the elective on the website :
http://www.uclouvain.be/optionbac

In BAC13, the student is enrolled automatically on the minor on which s/he was enrolled in BAC12.

4. Follow-up to the minor enrollment
The follow-up to the minor enrollment request can be carried out via the BAC12 enrollment program which is available on the web.

5. Changes to the minor enrollment
Any student who wishes to change his/her choice must consult his/her son conseiller aux études (course adviser) from his/her own faculty.

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Course times

1. Consulting the course times 
http://www.uclouvain.be/espo-mineures.html

2. Resolving timetable clashes 
Once s/he starts on the BAC12 course, the student puts together his/her BAC12 and BAC13 timetable, paying attention to the minor course times. 

If a timetable clash arises, several solutions are possible :

Postponing courses :
Should a timetable clash arise in BAC12 (major course/ and elective course), the student may ask to postpone one of the two course until the following year, taking account of the sequences of the courses (requirement). The course to be postponed may be the major course or elective course. 
Students are not obliged to follow the 15 elective credits every year. Each year of study should ideally include 60 credits. The student must set out his/her program evenly over the two years in order to be in the best position to obtain, for the BAC13, 30 elective credits and 150 major credits. 
The student must obtain the consent of the conseiller aux études (course adviser) to postpone course until the next year.The course adviser will also look at how evenly the program is spread out over the two years.  

Bringing courses forward :
Should there be a timetable clash in BAC13 (major course/ and elective course), the student may bring forward one of the two courses. The course to be brought forward may be the major course or elective.
Students are not obliged to take the 15 elective credits each year. Each year of study should include 60 credits. The student must spread his/her program out evenly over two years of study in order to obtain, for the BAC13, 30 elective credits and 150 major credits.
The student must ask the conseiller aux études (course adviser) for permission to bring a course from the next year forward. The course adviser will also check that courses are spread out evenly over the two years.

Accept the clash :
In some cases, the student may benefit from pedagogical alternatives when there is a clash of course and thus not have to attend the class in question.
If the student cannot attend the class, s/he must obtain the prior consent of the teacher.
Information on alternative pedagogical arrangements, if such arrangements exist, is available in every detailed course description  (above).

Finding an equivalent course that does not lead to a timetable clash:

Useful information is available in every detailed course description (above). The student must obtain the prior consent of the conseiller aux études (course adviser) for the choice of equivalent course.

Contact people:
Conseillère aux études (course adviser) : Cécile Delannay delannay@sesp.ucl.ac.be
Information : Frédérique Rotsaert, rotsaert@sspo.ucl.ac.be tel. : 010474996

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Sign-up for for minor activities 

1. Information on entry requirements
This information is available in the detailed elective program (above).

2. Signing up for minor program activities 
Students sign up on a paper form which is available on the site: http://www.uclouvain.be/optionbac

The form must be returned to the secretariat of the student's own faculty.

3. Obtaining a  "visa" from the person in charge of the minor 
The 1st cycle secretariat will deal with matters relating to "visa" requests.

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Available support

1. Information on the course service
Useful information will be given in class

2. Consulting the table of available support for each activity 
Useful information is available in each detailed course program (above).

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Organization of exams

1. Registering for exams 
Students follow the same procedure to register for exams as for when they register for major course exams.

2. Consulting exam times
Elective course exams take place over the course of a special week in the session, in order to avoid timetable clashes.
The time grid is available on the website:  http://www.uclouvain.be/espo-mineures.html