Master's Degree in Communication and Data Visualization
Online
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
01 Apr 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Specialize in Data Visualization, a professional discipline in trend
The University Master's Degree in Communication and Data Visualization at UNIR you as an expert in the field of digital communication and data visualization, a discipline with increasing demand in the media, agencies and organizations of all kinds.
With this official master's degree you will learn to exploit databases, to view them in different media (infographics, graphic animations) and to edit and manage narratives and multimedia content in multiplatform environments.
Acquire the most innovative techniques in the visual communication sector and become an expert in data visualization.
goals
- Design a data visualization project using various formats in an integrated and strategic way.
- Identify and coordinate the most appropriate channels, supports and messages for each communicative action in the field of data visualization.
- Analyze the quality and effectiveness of the results of the actions designed in the digital communication environment.
- Show an advanced command of written, visual and / or audiovisual narrative techniques in multiplatform digital environments.
- Analyze, from a strategic point of view, the edition and management of multimedia content.
General information
- Duration: 1 academic year
- Face-to-face exams: at the end of each semester
- ECTS credits: 60
- Methodology: 100% online teaching
- Live Online Classes
- Personal Tutor
Methodology
Live online classes
We offer students the opportunity to attend live online classes every day. During these sessions, students will be able to interact with the teacher and solve their queries in real time, sharing knowledge and experiences. The training rhythm is adapted, as far as possible, to the needs of each group of students. Not attending a live class does not mean missing it. All sessions can be viewed delayed, as many times as you like. Thus, students who cannot follow the class live are not harmed.
Didactic resources
UNIR Virtual Campus provides a wide variety of content with which to prepare each subject. These materials are organized in a way that facilitates agile and effective learning. In this way, it is possible to access the topics that develop the contents of the program, key ideas of each topic (prepared by the teaching staff of the subject), complementary audiovisual material, activities, readings and evaluation test.
In addition, you will have access to master classes on specific topics and you will be able to participate in forums, chats and blogs in which you interact with teachers and colleagues, expanding your knowledge and solving possible doubts.
Personal tutor
At UNIR , each student has a personal tutor from day one, always available by phone or email. The role of the tutor is fundamental in the trajectory of each student since it is the greatest link with the university and its point of reference during the training process.
The tutors offer personalized attention by constantly monitoring each student.
- Solve doubts about academic procedures, procedures or specific doubts about subjects.
- Helps with study planning to make better use of time.
- Recommend which didactic resources of the platform to use in each case.
- He is involved with the students' studies to help them pass each subject.
Evaluation system
To assess the level of achievement of the objectives obtained in the Master, it is necessary to evaluate the competencies acquired during the study. The final evaluation of learning is carried out taking into account the grade obtained in the following points.
- Continuous evaluation (resolution of practical cases, participation in forums, debates and other collaborative means and evaluation test).
- Final face-to-face examination.
- Master's Thesis
Admissions
Curriculum
Bet on the most up-to-date curriculum with the Master in Communication and Data Visualization
Primer cuatrimestre
- Technological Foundations for Data Processing
- Análisis Web y Segmentación de Audiencias
- Static Data Visualization: Design and Operation
- Dynamic Data Visualization: Design and Exploitation
- Storytelling y Gestión de Contenidos Multiplataforma
Segundo Cuatrimestre
- Creación y Gestión de Narrativas Audiovisuales
- Data Visualization and Animation: Motion Graphics
- Prácticas Externas
- Trabajo Fin de Máster
Program Outcome
Perfil de Egreso
Once you have completed the online Master's Degree in Communication and Data Visualization you will be able to:
- Design a data visualization project using various formats in an integrated and strategic manner.
- Identify and coordinate the most appropriate channels, media and messages for each communication action in the field of data visualization.
- Analyze the quality and effectiveness of the results of the actions designed in the digital communication environment.
- Demonstrate advanced mastery of written, visual and/or audiovisual narrative techniques in multi-platform digital environments.
- Analyze, from a strategic point of view, the editing and management of multimedia content .
Scholarships and Funding
Santander Scholarships - UNIR
Financial aid program
We have 17 scholarships of 1,000 euros each for this fall 2024 call. They are aimed at students of UNIR 's Professional Program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science to promote and facilitate access to Higher Education and thus contribute to defraying the expenses derived from their postgraduate studies.
English language immersion courses, for master's degree holders in teaching and teachers
The extract of the Resolution of July 10, 2023, which calls for 315 grants to participate in English language immersion courses for teachers already qualified in Master's Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, is published in the BOE. , Vocational Training and Language Teaching.
Requirements
- Have completed the Master's Degree in any of the specialties in any of the following academic years: 2021-2022, 2020-2021 or 2019-2020 with an average academic record grade of at least 7.50 points.
- Have completed the Master's degree in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate Teacher Training, Vocational Training and Language Teaching in one of the following academic years: 2021-2022, 2020-2021 or 2019-2020 with an average grade in the master's degree. at least 7.50 points.
ERASMUS+ mobility plan
After achieving the ECHE (Erasmus Higher Education charter), UNIR is working on an ambitious mobility plan, conditioned by our virtual nature, based on a new Office created for this purpose, which will be in charge of coordinating all actions in that area.
Furthermore, at UNIR we have bilateral mobility agreements with European higher education institutions, internally coordinating all our actions with the different departments involved, and giving maximum dissemination and information to mobility actions within our university community.
- General information
- Calls
Within the mobility actions of the Erasmus+ program, UNIR also participates in the international internship modality. The Erasmus+ learning mobility program allows you to do up to 12 months of mobility between internships and training within the same degree, and even carry out this once you have finished or concluded your studies.
Documentation for the processing of Scholarships
In order to send the necessary documentation for the subsequent processing of your application for a General Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, we indicate the following link:
- We attach a PDF with the relevant instructions. You must register and upload documentation.
- We remind you that the following tool only stores the documents provided to our University, for subsequent processing before the competent body, in order to archive, avoid duplications and provide security to the process.
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Ideal Students
The recommended entry profile corresponds to a student who meets any of the requirements referred to in the section on access requirements and who shows interest in digital communication and data visualization. In addition, it is recommended that the student has skills that allow him to integrate and relate his previous knowledge with what he will develop in the degree:
- Ability to abstract, analyze, synthesize and logical reason.
- Possess the ability to perceive and pay attention.
- Have a practical sense of organization.
Career Opportunities
Work as a Visual Data Artist in the following departments and organizations:
- Medios de Comunicación
- Consultorías estratégicas
- Centros tecnológicos y de investigación
- Think tanks
- Departamentos de análisis de datos
- Organizaciones de innovación social
- Administraciones Públicas
- Communication agencies and departments