The students of the Master’s Degree Programme in Linguistics study the structure of human communication developed over many thousands of years. In this programme students acquire knowledge about the interdepencence of language, mind and society by learning about reasoning, language, thinking, language acquisition and feminist linguistics.
Acquiring foreign language competencies is also a part of this programme as well as studying current developments in digitization and computational linguistics.
Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.
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Graduates possess highly specialised knowledge in the field of general, applied and historical-comparative linguistics. They are able to apply their competences in language practice, cultural science and media by independently formulate and substantiate scientific arguments and to find innovative solutions to problems.
Beyond the skills acquired during the bachelor's programme, graduates of the Master of Arts programme in Linguistics are enabled to carry out theoretically sound analyses of linguistic facts and to assess theoretical models both from a synchronic and a diachronic perspective.
Subject-specific theoretical skills: By dealing with the cognitive and evolutionary fundamentals of language, its grammatical and logical structure as well as its social embedding, the students are enabled to carry out scientific studies independently.
During the Master's Programme Linguistics, the students' foreign language skills are broadened and consolidated mainly from a diachronic and typological perspective.
The understanding of interaction among language, media and culture is consolidated in the field of Applied Linguistics within courses dedicated to media practice and application of fundamentals of communication.
Key qualifications apart from subject-specific scientific qualifications, such as analytical thought, mental flexibility, good time management, fast and independent familiarisation with new fields of work, social skills and others may be acquired during the study programme at the university or outside.
The Master's Programme Linguistics prepares for careers in teaching and research at the university or a non-university institution. Further occupational fields for graduates can be found in the fields of language consulting and communication training, language and communication technology as well as in the media sector, in the field of language standardization and planning, in public administration or diplomatic service. The acquistion of additional qualifications in the fields mentioned above is to be recommended.
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