OVERVIEW

The MA programme “Language and Culture” is designed to develop students’ competence and practical skills in English language communication in inter-cultural contexts. It is  interdisciplinary in nature, addressing contemporary debates in linguistics, Anglo-American literature, art, and culture. Students get broad insight into topical issues of national and international importance and develop their ability to interpret different types of discourses, texts and multimodal products, using the tools of textual, visual, and cultural analysis.

We target Bachelors of Arts in philology, as well as in other fields of knowledge, who have a high competence in English (level C1 of the European Language Framework) and who wish, while using their expertise in English language and culture, to build a career in social domains, such as TEFL, consultancy on language, applied linguistics and British/American cultures, journalism, advertising, international relations, publishing, project development and coordination, etc.

The programme is structured in a flexible manner: students can specialize in both linguistics and cultural studies, and they can choose various interdisciplinary courses in accordance with their needs and interests. Non-philology graduates are offered an induction semester, which will enable them to acquire some basic competences that they will need for the main study course. Some courses are offered in an e-format so that students can organize their own more flexible study programme.

All instruction is in English. This makes it suitable for international students, too.

Student exchange with other European universities via the ERASMUS+ programme is also available.

The MA degree is conferred upon the successful defence of an MA Thesis written in English.

Non-specialists have to obtain 15 credits from compulsory courses selected from the introductory module.  They have several options to do that:

All students (specialists/ non-specialists) are required to take 75 ECTS during their course of study.

3 credits = 30 hr. work in class, 30 hr. work at home  + 30 hr. independent research assignment.

TESTIMONIALS

Prof. Dr. Kornelia Slavova, co-director of the Language and Culture MA programme, giving an overview of the courses:

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