Master's Degree in Cultural Journalism and New Trends

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Admission and enrollment

General access regulations and procedures

Information on access and admission of students to master's studies is available at:  https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master

The regulations are also published in: https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master#normativa-de-masteres-universitarios

Criteria and procedure for admission to the degree

The general requirements for access to University Master's Degrees are, according to article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality, the following:

1. Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
2. In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.
3. Universities will guarantee transparent and accessible information on admission procedures, and must have student orientation systems. Likewise, they will ensure that said information and admission procedures take into account students with disabilities or with specific needs, and will have appropriate support and advice services.
4. Universities may exceptionally establish, based on specific regulations approved by their governing bodies, conditional enrollment procedures for access to a University Master's Degree. This will consist of allowing a Bachelor's degree student who has yet to pass the TFG and a maximum of up to 9 ECTS credits, to be able to access and enroll in a University Master's Degree, although in no case will they be able to obtain the Master's degree if they have not previously has obtained the Bachelor's degree. Universities will guarantee priority in the enrollment of students who have the official university degree of Graduate or Graduate. In this procedure, credits pending recognition or transfer in the Bachelor's degree may be taken into account, or the requirement to exceed a certain level of knowledge of a foreign language to obtain the degree.
5. Universities or centers will regulate admission to Master's Degree courses, establishing specific requirements and, if necessary, training complements, whose credit load may not exceed the equivalent of 20 percent of the credit load of the degree. The training complement credits will have the same consideration as the rest of the credits in the University Master's degree curriculum.
6. Universities will reserve at least 5 percent of the places offered in official university Master's degrees for students who have a recognized degree of disability equal to or greater than 33 percent, as well as for students with permanent educational support needs. associated with personal circumstances of disability, who in their previous studies have required resources and support for their full educational inclusion.

ADMISSION

The Rey Juan Carlos University does not have specific admission regulations, but is governed by article 18 of Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2. Each degree has its own general access criteria and special access tests.

Admission to Master's Degrees will be carried out through a selection process; in some cases, this process may involve a selection test. The Master's Management will inform interested parties of the selection test, as well as the exact date and place where it will be held, and will notify them by email.

GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:

The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are:

• Degree in Journalism                                               

Secondly, and after passing the training supplements detailed below, students from degrees in Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations and qualifications included in the following areas of knowledge may access the course:

• History of art and artistic expression and fine arts.
• History, archaeology, geography, philosophy and humanities.
• Cultural industries: design, animation, cinematography and audiovisual production.
• Philology, classical studies, translation and linguistics.

• Communication Theories, Classical and Contemporary Approaches (3 ECTS)
• Fundamentals of Journalism and Professional Regulation (3 ECTS)
• Writing and journalistic genres and keys to the journalistic profession (3 ECTS)
• Contemporary structure of the media and information society (3 ECTS)

SPECIAL ACCESS CONDITIONS OR TESTS:

Firstly, students who do not come from a Journalism background must pass the training supplements. Non-Spanish speaking students must prove a B2 DELE level of Spanish and will also be interviewed in order to demonstrate their ability to communicate with a sufficient degree of fluency and naturalness. In the event of a tie, the CV will be taken into account.

Offer of places: 40 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

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External Internships

The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.

Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.

The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:

• Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
• Elaboration of the memory

Documentation:

Degree Training Project

For more information:  External Internship Unit

Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024

Mobility programs

University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.

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