Licentiate Course

Until recently the licentiate was the standard degree at the University of Zurich. It is equivalent to a master degree. The course usually takes 4 to 5 years and is completed with several oral and written exams together with a thesis. The last cohort of licentiate students began at the IPMZ in autumn 2005 and need to complete their studies by 2015 when this course is finally discontinued.

Mass Communication Studies can be taken as a major or minor course at the Faculty of Arts. As a minor it is usually combined with other social science courses. However, any combination with other courses at the Faculty of Arts and/or with courses at other Faculties is possible.

The course is taught in German with some individual seminars offered in English. As a lot of the relevant literature is in English a good command of the English language is necessary.

This empirically oriented social science subject requires that students make themselves familiar with empirical research methods and statistics.