6 ECTS credits
154 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4019913FNR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Communicatiewetenschappen
Onderwijsteam
Benjamin De Cleen (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
2 contacturen Hoorcollege
24 contacturen Werkvormen en Praktische Oef.
128 contacturen Zelfwerk en -studie
Inhoud

This course focuses on populist and radical political discourses in Europe. Drawing on different perspectives in communication and political theory and discourse studies it provides the concepts to understand and study populist and radical political discourses, as well as the ways in which mainstream political voices discuss such politics. A thorough discussion of theories of and perspectives on populism is put to use in the analysis of different kinds of populist politics, especially the populist radical right and left-wing populisms in Europe.

Bijkomende info

Teaching Methods

- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load:

  • Lecture: 2 hours (introductory lecture)
  • Seminar, exercises or practicals: 24 hours
    • discussion of academic texts and/or analysis of empirical cases using conceptual frameworks (12 x 2 hours)
  • Self: 128 hours
    • preparatory reading seminars, amounting to 4 hours per seminar: 48 hours (12 x 4 hours)
    • individual essay (including extra reading for essay):  48 hours
    • preparation exam:  32 hours (4 days of 8 hours)
Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

After having followed the course, students:

  • have insight into different theories and definitions of populism
  • have insight into the relation between populism and nationalism
  • understand the role of media and communication in populist politics
  • are able to use these theorizations to analyse and understand populist politics and media coverage of populist politics

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Examen Praktijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Mondeling Examen met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Praktijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Essay met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The grade for the class is made up of two components:

  • Open book oral exam with one question with sub-questions asking about concepts and applying concepts to a case (50%).
  • Individual written assignment: essay on populist politics (50%)  

It is not allowed to use generative AI to generate text used for the written assignment.

You need to participate in the exam and submit the essay to be able to pass. Not participating in one of the components (exam and or essay) implies an 'absence' for the entire course.

The distribution of grades remains identical in the second session. The general principle for the second session is: if you failed for the course in its totality, you need to retake all of the parts you did not pass. Not (re-)taking one of the components you did not take or pass in the first session implies an 'absence' for the entire course.

In a bit more detail:

  • Oral exam first session not passed or not participated: Oral exam second session (same set-up exam as first session);
  • Essay not passed or not submitted: (re)submit essay in second session.

If you need to participate in the second session, but scored minimum 10/20 for one of the two parts of the evaluation, the partial result of the part of the evaluation you scored minimum 10/20 for (the written assignment or the oral exam) is transferred to the second session. If you wish to retake that part you scored minimum 10/20 for in the second session, you need to send an e-mail to bdecleen@vub.be within five days after the publication of the exam results. In case you retake that part in the second session, your first session result is cancelled and the second session result becomes the official result (even if it is lower than the first session result).
If you need to retake the course in the next year, the same rules apply. Partial results from 10/20 (for assignment or oral exam) are transferred to the next academic year. If you want to retake that part, you need to request this before the end of February (of the year in which you retake the course) by mail to bdecleen@vub.be.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de wijsbegeerte en de moraalwetenschappen: moraalwetenschappen en humanistiek
Master in de wijsbegeerte en de moraalwetenschappen: wijsbegeerte
Master in de communicatiewetenschappen: media en samenleving
Master in de politieke wetenschappen: democratie en leiderschap
Master of Communication Studies: Journalism and Media in Europe (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)