Name of qualification Magister splošnega jezikoslovja/magistrica splošnega jezikoslovjaAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Master of Arts in general linguistics
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 general linguistics; or
  • a completed first-cycle programme in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further studies, consisting of 10–60 credits; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme in general linguistics under the old programme; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme under the former programme in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for further studies, consisting of 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)
  • autonomously acquire and use sources, knowledge and information,
  • think critically and holistically, including at the interdisciplinary level,
  • demonstrate knowledge of basic methods of assessment, evaluation and analysis,
  • use scholarly apparatus,
  • justify, discuss and clarify,
  • participate in international projects,
  • demonstrate openness to alternative views and solutions,
  • demonstrate familiarity with procedures for applying for funding for research projects and other projects,

(subject-specific competences)

  • undertake fieldwork in linguistics,
  • carry out research in the field of linguistics (theoretical and practical),
  • demonstrate familiarity with philological methods,
  • formulate and develop scientific theories, especially deductive theories,
  • demonstrate familiarity with the principal schools of linguistics and apply them while taking into account the linguistic facts of Slovene,
  • demonstrate familiarity with the theory of naturalness in linguistics, in particular with natural syntax as a Slovene contribution to linguistic theory,
  • explain phenomena of the Slovene language which are not specific to it but which are a special example of more general linguistics phenomena.

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 first-year course units of the second-cycle General Linguistics programme in the appropriate stream, as prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses, 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 course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses, and prepare and successfully defend a suitable master's thesis.

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

https://psj.ff.uni-lj.si/en [2]