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Intercultural Linguistic Mediation

Basic information
Name of programme (original language)
Medkulturno jezikovno posredovanje
Cultural Heritage Area
Dissemination and Communication
Programme description

The programme provides training for translation and language mediation between English, French, Italian, Chinese and Slovenian cultures, and also enables the acquisition of an additional foreign language. With a wide range of foreign languages, graduates are trained for a job profile in intercultural communication and intercultural mediation, especially where there is a need to know several foreign languages. The study takes place in small groups and is tailored to the individual. The special feature of the program is the mandatory one-semester internship abroad, which enables the acquisition of a foreign language in the home environment and ensures better employment opportunities in the environment in which the students do their internship. Even in the home environment, contacts with future employers are taken care of by integration into the local and wider environment, especially with the help of extracurricular activities. After completing their studies, students can focus on postgraduate studies in the field of intercultural language communication, translation or pedagogical studies in other related fields of study.

The study is possible in four directions: English-Slovenian, English-French, English-Italian and English-Chinese.

Is the programme a joint degree programme?
No
Double degree
No
Joint delivery
No
Qualification provider
Does the E&T programme lead to a formal qualification?
Yes
Name of the qualification (English)
Bachelor of Arts in linguistic and cultural mediation
Name of the qualification (Original language)
Diplomirani mediator jezikov in kultur (un)/diplomirana mediatorka jezikov in kultur (un)
Education category (HE/VET/HE-VET)
Higher Education (HE)
Education format
Formal
Programme Type
Initial E&T
Academic degree
Bachelor
One time event or regular basis
Programme takes place on a regular basis
Frequency
The programme starts every year in the autumn
Last time it the programme took place (start date)
Statistics / Formal status
Core function
R&D and Education
Supplementary functions
Recognition
ESCO - Occupation
2643 Translators, interpreters and other linguists
National Occupational Classification (NOC) in original language
2643 Prevajalci/prevajalke, tolmači/tolmačke, lektorji/lektorice in drugi jezikoslovci/druge jezikoslovke
EQF
6
NQF
7
ISCED level of programme
600 Bachelor's or equivalent level, orientation unspecified
ISCED field
0288 Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving arts and humanities
Characterization of the E&T programme
Credit system
ECTS
ECTS credits
180.00
Duration
3.00
Years
Years
Study format
Full-time
Are there access requirements?
Yes
Access requirements Description

Admission to the first year of study programme Cultural Heritage shall be granted to candidates who have passed:

  • Matura or
  • Vocational matura under any secondary school programme and an examination in the matura subject the English language; if the candidate has already taken this subject under vocational matura, an examination in the matura subject in the field of social sciences (Sociology or Geography) or humanities (Slovenian, Hungarian or Italian language as the second language in the mixed national territory, foreign language: German, French, Italian); or
  • School-leaving examination (prior to 1 June 1995) under any four-year secondary school programme.

 

For successful inclusion in the study process it is recommended that candidates have the B2 level knowledge of the English language; such knowledge can also be acquired in the 420-hour course. Under the second foreign language option the choice of Italian enables students to study on the elementary or intermediate levels, whereas the choice of French means the elementary level studies.

Teaching language
Slovenian
Programme learning outcomes

Students are able to:

  • understand, describe, analyse, critically evaluate and co-shape the social context in which they work,
  • recognise and observe modern social issues on the level of administrative and business activities,
  • analyse the possibilities for their own work on development areas,
  • find the appropriate way with the help of a professional or in a group for resolving issues of administrative and business communication in Slovenian and in one or two foreign languages,
  • use modern technologies,
  • use certain business writing categories and spoken forms of communication,
  • speak (and write) in the English language on the basic level of written communication, and also in one other foreign language,
  • understand additional two optional languages and communicate in them on the A1 or A2 level according to the European guidance for language training,
  • understand, describe, analyse, critically evaluate the cultural context in which they work,
  • recognise and observe modern cultural guidance and cultural politics.
Is there a mandatory (external) practical training?
Yes
Mandatory practical training description

The special feature of the program is the mandatory one-semester internship abroad, which enables the acquisition of a foreign language in the home environment and ensures better employment opportunities in the environment in which the students do their internship.

Mode of delivery of education / training
Presence
Description of quality assurance obligations of the programme / institution

The University of Primorska carries out all necessary activities to monitor and ensure the quality of its work. In its work, the University is committed to the Slovenian and European recommendations and standards in the field of quality.

According to the Higher Education Act and the UP Statute, the Rector is responsible for the quality of the University, who, with the approval of the University Senate, adopts criteria for the quality of the University, study programmes, scientific research, artistic and professional work and is responsible for monitoring, determining and ensuring quality (self-evaluation of the University).

Tuition cost

Citizens of Member States of the European Union may be charged tuition fees (2.500,00 EUR per year) for full-time studies if they have already acquired an education that is at least equivalent to the level of education attained in the degree programme for which they are enrolling, or if they have not yet acquired an education that is at least equivalent to the level of education attained in the degree programme for which they are enrolling and their student status has ceased in accordance with Article 70 of the Higher Education Act.

Notes, comments
Number of available Places

Slovenian citizens and other citizens of Member States of the European Union: 40

Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship: 4

Foreign citizens of non-European Union countries: 8

Parallel studies: 4