Name of qualification Magister primerjalne književnosti/magistrica primerjalne književnostiAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Master of Arts in comparative literature
Type of qualification Diploma druge stopnje
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Master's education
Duration
2 years
Credits 120 credits
Admission requirements
  • A completed first-cycle programme in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory; or
  • a completed first-cycle programme in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory – two-subject programme; or
  • a completed single-subject undergraduate programme in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory (former study programme), where 60 credits will be recognised for graduates; or
  • a completed two-subject undergraduate programme in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory (former study programme), where 30 credits will be recognised for graduates; or
  • any other completed first-cycle higher education or pre-Bologna undergraduate programme in a related field, where depending on the field of the completed programme candidates must pass differential examinations in core comparative literature and literary theory subjects totalling 10–60 credits.
ISCED field Field
Umetnost in humanistika
ISCED subfield subfield književnost in jezikoslovje
Qualification level

SQF 8
EQF 7
Second level

The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • demonstrate knowledge of information technology,
  • collect and use sources and information,
  • integrate old knowledge with new,
  • coherently communicate acquired knowledge in oral or written form, 
  • understand and use at least two foreign languages,
  • write in Slovene for a specialist and non-specialist public, 
  • work and communicate in a team,
  • demonstrate knowledge of the principles of historical and theoretical thinking,
  • place the subject of discussion in a comparative relationship with another subject as the basis of interdisciplinary discussion,
  • observe a problem and posit and defend a thesis in connection with the problem,
  • analyse and synthetically evaluate a problem in a broader context,
  • explain a proposed solution to the problem through dialogue,
  • use scholarly apparatus,
  • demonstrate a capacity for ethical self-reflection and a commitment to professional ethics,
(subject-specific competences)
  • demonstrate understanding of literature and its connection with other cultural activities and its role in European or world culture on the one hand and in Slovene culture on the other,
  • work with literary texts, for which literary general knowledge and a broad cultural horizon are necessary,
  • produce more demanding forms of literary or cultural journalism,
  • undertake more demanding editing work (publishing houses, newspapers, radio, television),
  • undertake dramaturgical work (theatre, radio), literary criticism and journalism,
  • lead creative writing workshops,
  • undertake work in literary studies itself or for the purpose of research.

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).

In order to progress to the second year of the programme, students must have completed all course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses for the first year, for a total of 60 credits.

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

In order to complete the programme, students must complete in full all requirements laid down by the curriculum and individual syllabuses, for a total of 102 credits. In the final year of the programme students must write and successfully defend a master's thesis (18 credits).

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

http://primerjalna-knjizevnost.ff.uni-lj.si/studij/druga_stopnja [2]