Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister nemcistike in …/magistrica nemcistike in …Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in German language and literature and...
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:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • 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); or
  • any other first-cycle academic higher education programme in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies; these are determined with reference to how different the field is, and consist of up to 60 credits; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme under the former programme, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies; these are determined with reference to how different the field is, and consist of 10 to 60 credits.
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)
  • 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,
  • find 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,
  • competently receive the opinions of others and respond to them in an authoritative and reasoned way,
  • assess own and others' capacities and abilities and act effectively and economically,
  • apply scientific methods innovatively,
  • win, conceive and lead projects,
  • develop management and leadership skills and develop high-quality and effective interpersonal relations inside and outside the professional sphere,
  • monitor current events in the media critically and in depth,
  • develop intercultural communication in formal and non-formal positions,

(subject-specific competences)

  • understand, speak and write standard German at the C1+ level,
  • demonstrate understanding of language as a medium and result of symbolic interaction, recognise its cognitive, emotional, creative, social, referential and metalinguistic functions and use it appropriately, 
  • demonstrate mastery of contemporary theories and theoretical models and evaluate them critically,
  • respond critically to specialist, scholarly and literary texts, 
  • put specialised and general knowledge into words in the appropriate linguistic form; differentiate language use in both oral and written communication while taking into account different social circumstances,
  • recognise the particularities of language, literature and culture of German-speaking regions, and compare them with the particularities of the Slovene language, literature and culture,
  • apply differentiated understanding and dissemination of linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena and processes and continuities/discontinuities in a diachronic and synchronic perspective,
  • develop and help shape intercultural communication while demonstrating knowledge of linguistic, literary, cultural and social differences and similarities between the Slovene-speaking world and the multi-centred German-speaking world.

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:

In order to progress from the first to the second year of a second-cycle two-subject study 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.

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 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.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://germanistika.si/sl/studij/ma-nemcistika-dvodisciplinarni/vpisni-pogoji
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