Master’s Degree in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
LM39 - Linguistics (2 years)
Objectives of the course
The course aims to provide students with advanced training in scientific contents and methods in the area of language studies and a deep knowledge of modern languages, as well as the ability to use the knowledge acquired for business purposes. The course allows students to broaden and deepen the knowledge acquired in the first cycle of studies with specific reference to language and language teaching theories, models of description of language systems (with particular attention to the historic and socio-cultural dimensions), the dynamics of inter-lingual and intercultural contact.
Career opportunities
The course aims to create an intellectual and professional figure able to operate in a European and international context, in any field where advanced language skills are in demand, both theoretical and applied, and in particular in the field of language education, in multilingual and multimedia publishing, in international cooperation, in the management of inter-lingual and intercultural contact, in the areas of communication and information, as well as in scientific research at university level.
Students can choose among three curricula:
- Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language, to complete training as a teacher of L2 Italian;
- Asian and Middle Eastern Languages for Intercultural Communication, to deepen the knowledge of an Asian or Middle Eastern language (Arabic and Chinese) and culture;
- Historical and Comparative Linguistics, to deepen the study of ancient languages and of linguistic analysis.
Moreover, it is possible
to attend a dual degree course, choosing among the following options:
- Master’s Degree in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication - Asian and Middle Eastern Languages for Intercultural Communication and Master’s Degree in Languages and Cultures (Italy-Russia) of the Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities – Saint Petersburg (Russia).
- Master’s Degree in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication - Asian and Middle Eastern Languages for Intercultural Communication and Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language and Master of Korean Studies/Master of Education at Busan University of Foreign Studies (South Korea).