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March 24, 2017 Information Premaster CIS dr. Maria Mos, coördinator Premaster Jeroen Bijman, alumnus Premaster CIS, currently master CIS

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March 24, 2017

Information Premaster CIS

dr. Maria Mos, coördinator Premaster

Jeroen Bijman, alumnus Premaster CIS, currently master CIS

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Why would you want to do a premaster CIS?

• Broadening existing knowledge

• Combining theoretical insights and practical skills

• Specialising in a specific domain

• Better/different job opportunities

• Personal development

• …

Added value after vocational college

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Why CIS in Tilburg?

• A unique array of courses within 1 program

linguistics, psychology, AI, marketing, cognitive science, sociology…

• A contemporary combination of approaches

Digital media, computational techniques, interdisciplinarity

• The opportunity for students to put together their own program

Radically free selection of courses; diverse ranger of courses

• Biannual entry into (mainly English taught) master program

CIS in Tilburg is distinguished by

Master CIS

• Business communication and Digital Media (BDM)

• Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAI)

• Communication Design (CD)

• New Media Design (NMD) start in September only

• Interdisciplinary track (with TISEM, TLS, TSB): Data Science Business andGovernance (DSBG)

NB: 1 program, 1 diploma: MSc CIS

Overview master tracks within CIS (September 2017)

… is offered in other information sessions

BDM round 1 (DZ2) round 3 (DZ4)

CSAI round 2 (DZ3) round 4 (CZ7)

CD round 1 (DZ3) round 3 (CZ7)

NMD round 2 (DZ4) round 4 (DZ2)

DSBG round 3 (DZ1) round 4 (DZ1)

More info about the different tracks

After HBO via Premaster tomaster CIS

Less:

• Experience in reading and writing

academic texts in English

• Designing, carrying out and interpreting

experimental research (methodology,

statistics)

• Information science knowledge

• Theoretical knowledge within CIS

More:

• Experience in project-based work

• Practical, hands-on experience

• Collaborating in groups

Why a premaster program

Dutch students with a HBO diploma have a different skills set and different

background knowledge than students with a university bachelor degree,

especially when it comes to

We offer a 1 semester program, that helps you fill these deficiencies

So…

• Experience in reading and writing

academic texts in English

• Designing, carrying out and interpreting

experimental research (methodology,

statistics)

• Information science knowledge

• Theoretical knowledge within CIS

30 ECTS, of which 24 the same for all students

• Methodology (6)

• Academic English (2)

• Statistics (6)

• Research Seminar (6)

• Fundamentals of Information Sciences (4)

The program: content

30 ECTS, of which 24 the same for all students

• Methodology (6)

• Academic English (2)

• Statistics (6)

• Research Seminar (6)

• Fundamentals of Information Sciences (4)

And one 6-ECTS course of your choice from a small set of courses

• Psychology of Language OR

• Business Information Technology OR

• Data Science for Humanities

you choose (through an online questionnaire), more information in the admission letter

The program

30 ECTS, of which 24 the same for all students

in English

different courses are strongly entwined

• Hands-on: quite a lot of hard work (count on having to work fulltime on

your studies)

• Succes rate: in 2015-16 and Fall 2016 around 75% of students who

followed the program passed all courses and entered the master

program the next semester

The program

• The semester contains 14 weeks of lectures

• All courses have > 1 assessment component (assignments, essays,

research reports, exams)

• Exams: December (June)

• Resits: January (July)

• Admission to the master program: all courses must be passed.

• Fail 1 or >1 course? You can retake it/them, but only once

The program: schedules and practicalities

• Primary focus on research methods

• Strong links between the different courses

• contents

• assessment

• blended learning Academic English

• Variation in teaching: lectures, seminars, group project

• Intensive support by lecturers and academic advisor

The program: focus

Experience: Jeroen Bijman

Previous education

HBO Business IT & Management

Why Communication and Information Sciences?

Why Tilburg University?

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Six courses

- Methodology, Academic English, Statistics,

Fundamentals of Information Sciences

- Elective Psychology of Language

Are combined in Research Seminar

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How is it combined?

Individual Project

- Contrastive Analysis

Group Project

- Online Reviews – Experiment

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Individual Research

is there a difference between the amount of likes per follower a social media influencer gets, whether there is an obviously displayed brand or not.

- Instagram

- First paper

- Getting started and getting used

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Group Project

- Regular scientific paper

- Academic poster

- Poster presentation

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Group Project

People in collectivistic cultures are more engaged with advertisements with collectivistic features than people in individualistic cultures and vice versa

My overall experience of the pre-master:

- Work hard and fast

- Time consuming

- Program is well-designed

- Huge difference HBO and University

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Final tips:

- Keep up with the Statistics assignments

- Improve your English

- Don’t worry too much

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Interested? Come and participate in anassessment session

• Matching students’ expectations and competences with the character

and the demands of the program

• Participation is voluntary (but highly recommended)

• If you have requested admission to the premaster program and this has

been granted, you will receive an invitation for the assessment sessions

• Next sessions will take place on June 15 and June 20

Premaster assessment

• Before: fill out an online questionnaire after signing up

• Expectations contents and schedule

• Digital diagnostic test for English proficiency

• During: the assessment takes place in the afternoon

• Group meeting

• Seminar session

• Possibility to meet individually with academic advisor

Premaster assessment: content

• www.tilburguniversity.edu/masters/cis

• Academic Counselor Denise Lindenau via the Student Desk, +31 13 466

8000 or www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/studentdesk

• Admission requirements and application procedure premaster CIS:

deadlines are June 1 and December 1

• More details about the program www.tilburguniversity.edu/studyguide

More information

… come and see us @Dante foyer

Master’s fair until 21.15

Questions?

See you after the summer?!