Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister splošnega jezikoslovja/magistrica splošnega jezikoslovjaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in general linguistics
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 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:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: literature and linguistics
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)
  • 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.

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 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.

Magister splošnega jezikoslovja/magistrica splošnega jezikoslovja

SQF 8

EQF 7

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja hungarističnih študij

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja slovenističnih študij

SQF 10 / EQF 8 

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

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.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://psj.ff.uni-lj.si/en
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