Global Visual Communication (MA) Program at a Glance

Program Handbook: 
Global Visual Communication Program Handbook

Admission Deadlines: 
See Graduate Admission

Program Website:
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Program Contact:
Prof. Dr. Marion Müller
Professor of Mass Communication

 

Concept


The Master’s Program (two years) in Global Visual Communication at Jacobs University is designed for an international student body and a faculty strongly committed to interdisciplinary studies. An MA degree is offered in Global Visual Communication. After the MA phase, students may continue their studies in the doctoral program of the inter-university Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS).

The program consists of three semesters of study and one semester for the MA thesis.

Active participation in a research colloquium as well as a total of nine seminars and lectures in the following fields are required:

  • Classical and Contemporary Theory
  • Comparative Communication
  • Visual Communication
  • Transnational and Global Communication
  • Advanced Qualitative & Quantitative Methods
  • Optional courses (from the School’s MA programs International Relations, Modern Global History, Intercultural Humanities)

Courses


For a full listing of the Course Requirements of the MA Program please see the program handbook:

Students matriculated 2009

Students matriculated 2010

Faculty


Prof. Dr. Klaus Boehnke
Professor of Social Science Methodology

Prof. Dr. Matthijs Bogaards
Professor of Political Science

Prof. Dr. Hilke Brockmann
Professor of Sociology

Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey
Professor of Sociology

Prof. Dr. Christopher Edling
Professor of Sociology

Prof. Dr. Philipp Genschel
Professor of Political Science

Prof. Dr. Peter Ludes
Professor of Mass Communication

Prof. Dr. Marion G. Müller
Professor of Mass Communication

Prof. Dr. K. Ludwig Pfeiffer
Professor of Literature

Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier
Professor of Empirical Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Marco Verweij
Professor of Political Science

Prof. Dr. Chris Welzel
Professor of Political Science

Prof. Dr. Welf Werner
Professor of Political Economics

Prof. Dr. Adalbert Wilhelm
Professor of Statistics

Career Options


Graduates who complete the 2 year MA program will be in an excellent position to seek careers in non-governmental organizations, public administration, international organizations, private and public media as well as private businesses with a strategic planning and public relations component.