The Master in Communication Sciences is the second cycle programme that comes as the natural extension of the graduation course in Communication Sciences. It aims to deepen and specialise the knowledge acquired at the previous level, providing an adequate preparation for the development of a professional or research career in this disciplinary area. This course is divided into three distinct study plans: Audiovisual and Multimedia; Information and Journalism; Advertising and Public Relations.
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The Master in Communication, Arts and Culture provides a multidisciplinary training that integrates the theoretical and methodological approaches of arts, communication and culture. These closely interlinked areas call for consolidated technical and scientific expertise and involve expanding economic and social activities. This master’s programme presents a consistent programme in the areas of culture, media and society, emphasising the relationship between media, politics and society, economic uses and potential, imagery and artistic production, the conceptualization of digital art, the relationship between the internet, art and culture, the formation of individual and social identities and intercultural relationship. This is a joint initiative of the Department of Sociology and the Department of Communication Sciences of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho.
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The Master in Sociology offers complementary training to the Bachelor’s degree aimed at a professional activity in multiple areas related to public and private organisations, social solidarity institutions, non-governmental associations, among others. With a qualified teaching team aware of the contemporary world, the Master in Sociology provides the necessary knowledge and instruments to design and implement innovative research and social intervention projects.
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The Master’s Degree in Geography (MG) is designed for advanced training in three areas of specialisation, highly relevant and up-to-date within the scientific area of Geography and with application to spatial planning and land use. The MG aims further knowledge acquired in Geography degrees (or similar). It also provides an academic and professional specialisation grounded on interdisciplinary and flexible training, which leverages the integration in different scientific subjects (Communication Sciences, History, Sociology, Economics, Informatics, Civil Engineering Sciences, Law). It aims to provide the student with the theoretical and methodological background required to develop scientific research, emphasising the approaches and instruments applied to spatial planning and management. It promotes the student’s autonomy to enhance the scientific research skills initiated in the 1st Cycle, particularly regarding critical reflection and innovation, and establish closer contact with professional contexts.
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The Master in Science Communication aims to promote students’ critical thinking about the challenges and possibilities of science communication. The course may be concluded with a proposal for research, intervention, or even an internship. Thus, the master’s programme is designed to provide high-quality training to promote communication in institutions with a scientific and technological dimension (such as research centres, healthcare centres, museums, science dissemination institutions, and technology start-ups, among others). It is also intended to provide students with multidisciplinary knowledge enabling them to make an intervention or in-depth research in this field.
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The CECS is a multidisciplinary research unit, so it has researchers who are sometimes supervising or coordinating masters projects included in other departments.
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