Máster Universitario en Investigación Aplicada a la Comunicación
Fuenlabrada, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 84 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* El precio para estudiantes no comunitarios no residentes es sólo aproximado ya que cada tarifa académica es diferente.
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The completion of a classic program typically entails earning 60 ECTS credits.
Master's Degree Duration: One academic year.
- 621401 Theoretical-methodological paradigms in communication research
- 621402 Quantitative Research Design and Techniques
- 621403 Methodology and qualitative research design
- 621404 Research and Report Writing Resources
- 621405 Computer tools for data analysis
- 621406 Audiences and reception
- 621407 Public relations and communication management
- 621408 Political communication
- 621409 Scientific communication
- 621410 Communication and education
- 621411 journalistic speech
- 621412 Quantitative Research Techniques
- 621413 Qualitative data analysis
- 621414 Final Master's Project
General Competences
- CG01 - Analyze the reality of social and communication phenomena characteristic of contemporary societies.
- CG02 - Know the global social context in which communication research is carried out, taking into account social, economic, legal, and historical dynamics.
- CG03 - Make decisions and issue critical judgments in processes and situations related to communication research, applying acquired knowledge to do so.
- CG04 - Manage information from various sources, using search, identification, selection and information collection techniques.
- CG05 - Adapt to new situations, new or little-known environments within the context of communication research.
- CG06 - Face with a creative and proactive attitude the difficulties, limitations and obstacles that may arise in the research task.
- CG07 - Acquire a disposition favorable to ongoing and updated training to deal with changes and novelties (social, cultural, technological, etc.) that may occur in the course of professional life.
- CG08 - Use the technological tools available to complete the different activities of the research processes.
- CG09 - Use the necessary resources to implement strategies aimed at autonomous learning.
- CG10 - Organize and plan, in a preliminary stage, human teams and work processes in the field of communication research.
- CG11 - Acquire the ability to actively participate in the work in large human teams, which involve the coupling of multiple visions and tasks from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- CG12 - Communicate rigorously in the use of language and clarity in the presentation of ideas.
- CG13 - Demonstrate an ethical commitment to respecting human rights and other democratic values in the exercise of communication research.
Specific Competences
- CE01 - Know and use the terminology and key concepts used in communication research with solvency.
- CE02 - Knowledge of the epistemological foundations of the different communication research methods.
- CE03 - Work productively with ideas and theories, linking conceptual devices with the reality that they seek to explain or understand.
- CE04 - Acquire the ability to design and apply relevant techniques in quantitative empirical research specifically oriented to the study of contemporary communication phenomena.
- CE05 - Acquire the ability to perform univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistical analyses.
- CE06 - Acquire the ability to design qualitative research specifically oriented to the study of communication through the use of conversational and observational techniques.
- CE07 - Acquire the ability to analyze and interpret qualitative data, and in particular for the sociological analysis of discourse.
- CE08 - Knowledge of the main research traditions developed in the field of communication research.
- CE09 - Ability to relate the processes of media communication with the social contexts in which it takes place.
- CE10 - Advanced management of data analysis software, both quantitative (SPSS) and qualitative (Atlas.ti and Nud*Ist)
- CE11 - Ability to solve case studies by applying advanced statistical analysis.
- CE12 - Management of specialized bibliographic and computerized databases for communication research
- CE13 - Ability to write specialized scientific documents (research projects, research reports, memoranda, etc.)
- CE14 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in research on audiences and the processes of reception and relationship with the media.
- CE15 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in research on public relations, institutional communication and communication management.
- CE16 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in research on political communication.
- CE17 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in scientific communication research.
- CE18 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in research on educational communication.
- CE19 - Knowledge of the historical evolution and current theoretical perspectives in research on media and journalistic discourses.
- CE20 - Ability to carry out original research on communication with the quality standards required in academic journals and/or in congresses and scientific meetings of the specialty.