Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation

L12- Mediation (3 years)

Objectives of the course

This undergraduate degree course aims to train professionals with:

• proficient competence, both written and oral, in at least two languages other than Italian (one of which is a language from the European Union)
• specific knowledge of the methods of linguistic analysis
• basic preparation in economics and law; geography and sociology-anthropology; history, art history and literary history
• competence in information technology skills and tools
• knowledge of issues in the job sectors which regard the needs of the local area and its development
• the ability to work autonomously for successful integration into the professional world

Career opportunities

Graduates will be able to carry out professional activities in the area of: international relations, at an interpersonal and business professional level; linguistic and intercultural mediation in business and in institutions and in publishing and journalism; business translation, particularly in the field of tourism; research at both national and international levels.

Students can choose among three curricula:

• Translation for the tourism industry
• Linguistic mediation for intercultural communication and social cohesion

It is also possible to be awarded a double degree, choosing between the following options:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation - Translation for the tourism industry and Bachelor of Arts in Germanistik/Italoromanistik from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation and Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese Language and Culture from Nankai University - Tianjin (China)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation and Licence mention Langues, Littératures, Civilisations Étrangères et Régionales (LLCER) parcours Études Italiennes from Université Paris Nanterre (France)

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