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Transcript of Premaster Communication and Information Sciences
March 24, 2017
Information Premaster CIS
dr. Maria Mos, coördinator Premaster
Jeroen Bijman, alumnus Premaster CIS, currently master 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
• 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
• 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
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
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.
- First paper
- Getting started and getting used
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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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• 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