Name of qualification Magister splošnega jezikoslovja in …/magistrica splošnega jezikoslovja in …Add to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Master of Arts in general linguistics and ...
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 two-subject academic higher education programme in the same disciplines (180 credits); or
  • a completed first-cycle two-subject academic higher education programme in the same disciplines (240 credits); in this case up to 60 credits may be recognised, depending on the first-cycle course units completed; or
  • any other completed first-cycle academic higher education programme in another relevant field (linguistics, social sciences and humanities), if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies, consisting of up to 12 credits; or
  • any other completed first-cycle academic higher education programme in another relevant field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies, consisting of up to 30 credits; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme under the former programme in a relevant field (linguistics, social sciences and humanities), if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies, consisting of up to 12 credits; 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 second-cycle studies, consisting of up to 30 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)
  • perform logical and abstract analyses, syntheses and evaluations,
  • express in depth their knowledge of both specialist fields in written and oral form and evaluate them critically,
  • competently transfer intra- and interdisciplinary knowledge into practice,
  • independently enhance, refine and link acquired knowledge and qualifications with various professional fields,
  • contextualise and independently supplement information,
  • transfer own knowledge and skills to other problem areas (ability to transfer),
  • resolve problems, conflicts and work tasks in an intra- and interdisciplinary manner,
  • approach problem-solving as part of a team,
  • organise and lead expert groups,
  • perform (self-)evaluation and (self-)assessment, and think critically and holistically,
  • locate new sources of knowledge independently and interpret and apply them in professional and academic fields,
  • use ICT professionally and effectively in searching for, selecting, processing, presenting and disseminating information,
  • ensure the quality of own work and raise quality standards in the work environment,
  • 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,
  • engage with problems and resolve them,
  • lead specialist workshops,
  • maintain constant professional development and lifelong learning,
  • show critical and self-critical judgement,
  • express rights, interests and needs,
(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 from the first to the second year of a second-cycle two-subject programme, students must have completed course units totalling 90% of the credits prescribed by the curriculum (i.e. 54 out of 60 credits).

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all course units prescribed by the study programme and individual subject syllabuses, for a total of 60 credits. Since this is a two-subject study programme, in order to complete the overall programme students must also complete all course units in the other discipline, amounting to 60 credits, for a total of 120 credits.

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

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