Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister italijanistike/magistrica italijanistikeAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in Italian language and literature
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
1 year
Credits Credits: 60 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A bachelor's degree from a first-cycle programme in the field of Italian language and literature or Italian translation, consisting of 240 credits, or from an equivalent study programme at a foreign university; or
  • a bachelor's degree from a study programme consisting of 180 credits in the field of Italian language and literature or Italian translation, or an equivalent programme at a foreign university, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further study consisting of 60 credits; or
  • a bachelor's degree from another first-cycle study programme consisting of 180 credits or an equivalent programme at a foreign university, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed additional course units covering linguistic skills and abilities in Italian for a total of 60 credits, where 36 credits are from specific contents of the first-cycle Italian language and literature programme and 24 credits are from a fourth-year module of the first-cycle Italian language and literature programme (to be chosen by the candidate); or
  • a bachelor's degree consisting of 240 credits in another field or an equivalent programme at a foreign university, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed additional course units covering linguistic skills and abilities in Italian for a total of 60 credits, where 36 credits are from specific contents of the first-cycle Italian language and literature study programme; or
  • a bachelor's degree from an academic higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 in the field of Italian language and literature (or a relevant language programme), or an equivalent programme at a foreign university; or
  • a bachelor's degree from an academic higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 in another field or an equivalent programme at a foreign university, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed the course units indicated in the third indent.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: language acquisition
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • apply scientific research methods to a broad range of problems in changed circumstances,
  • evaluate texts and develop critical reading/listening skills,
  • apply (theoretical) knowledge in practice in a flexible and critical manner,
  • provide interlingual cultural mediation with highly developed communication skills in Italian (levels C1 and C2 in the CERF),
  • work professionally, creatively and flexibly in a chosen specialist field (publishing, public relations, journalism, cultural centres and institutions, international business, etc.),
  • enhance knowledge of selected specialist fields,
  • find new information, interpret it and place it in the context of the discipline,
  • demonstrate understanding of individual values and value systems and deal with questions of professional ethics,
  • undertake professional work in a multilingual and multicultural environment,
  • demonstrate an orientation towards inclusive, non-discriminatory work and interculturalism, 
  • develop communication skills,
  • cooperate, work in a team, undertake project work and lead a team,
  • demonstrate general knowledge, communicate with experts from other professional and academic fields,
  • organise and lead,
  • demonstrate autonomy and a critical/self-critical sense, undertake reflection/self-reflection and strive for quality,
  • demonstrate initiative/ambition and the value of ongoing personal and professional development,
  • use ICT (information literacy),

(subject-specific competences)

  • develop in-depth knowledge of specific linguistic and literary contents and combine these in modules that represent the deliberate acquisition of new knowledge,
  • autonomously use various types of sources for research in the fields of linguistics and literature,
  • address the theoretical and practical problems of the discipline,
  • work autonomously with the help of linguistic research and interpretive methods,
  • autonomously assess and evaluate results and contribute to the development of the discipline in individual fields of linguistics and literature,
  • autonomously present the results of research in the form of publications in international scholarly journals and specialist publications,
  • conduct further autonomous and team research and address various questions autonomously and in depth,
  • undertake professional work and interlingual mediation in a chosen specialist field,
  • provide cultural/intercultural mediation in various institutions,
  • provide intercultural mediation with highly developed communication skills in Italian.

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

There are no conditions for progression (the programme lasts one year).

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all study requirements, for a total of 54 credits, and defend a final thesis (6 credits).

Awarding body:

University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.fhs.upr.si/en
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