Language Sciences
Cycle
Primeiro ciclo
Degree
Bachelor
Coordinator
Maria do Céu Caetano
Opening date
September 2016
Vacancies
20 vagas
Fees
National students: 1063,47 per year International students: 3500 per year
Schedule
(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)
Education objectives
1. To understand and to describe the way by which language activity, in both spoken and written forms, is part of a more general set of communicative activities; 2. To acquire basic knowledge, within various frameworks, in main areas of linguistics phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse fundamental for an understanding of language activity; 3. To understand the mechanisms underlying language variation and change phenomena and to use adequate methods and theoretical concepts; 4. To understand and to describe the relationships between language and cognition, language and society, and language and discourse; 5. To develop abilities to analyse, describe and explain the functioning of different natural languages, assessing the appropriateness of distinct theoretical frameworks; 6. To master basic techniques of linguistic data collection, analysis and interpretation; 7. To develop abilities to use new technologies in the study and analysis of spoken and written linguistic productions; 8. To develop competences for the application of the acquired knowledge to different areas, e.g. language pathologies, translation studies, language teaching/learning, elaboration of scientific, didactic and lexicographic tools, among others.
Access conditions
Students may be admitted to Higher Education through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, special competitions/regimes and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in DGES/Access to Higher Education. More info at http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Estudantes/Acesso/ For more information about International Students please visit http://fcsh.unl.pt/aluno-internacional-en?set_language=en
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years/6 semesters.
Students must perform 180 credits: 120 credits based in the compulsory curricular units, 30 credits to be chosen in a set of elective optionals and 30 credits undertaken in free-elective optionals or in a minor of another scientific area. Every semester, the student may not sign up in more than 30 credits, respecting the precedence when these have been set. At the beginning of each semester, students will be advised of the curricular units to carry out in order to appropriate them to their academic career.
The undergraduate students can still benefit from the different mobility programmes in which FCSH/NOVA participates as Erasmus +, Almeida Garrett exchange programmes, among others, and participate in research within the research units of the Faculty.
Access to other courses
Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.
Evaluation rules
Students at FCSH/NOVA are evaluated based on the work developed over a semester, based on class participation, presentation of written and oral tests and examinations. The result obtained either by continuous assessment or evaluation of the tests is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20. To be approved, students must have at least 10 points to pass, however, who fail have a second chance to repeat the exams. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION: - Worker-Student - Students with the status of top athletes - Mothers and fathers students - Associative leaders - Military - Other special arrangements provided legally. Students with special needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions to meet their needs.
Structure
| Mandatory | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 711131055 | Discourse Analysis | 6 |
| 711131058 | Language Acquisition - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131044 | Introduction to Linguistic Analysis - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131049 | Phonetics - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131050 | Phonology - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131056 | History of the Portuguese Language - 1st and 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131043 | Introduction to Language Sciences - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131054 | Lexicology and Lexicography - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131025 | Historical Linguistics - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131046 | Research Methods and Techniques in Linguistics - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131051 | Morphology - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131031 | Pragmatics - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131045 | Text Practices - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131032 | Psycholinguistics - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131048 | Representation of Spoken and Written Language - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131053 | Semantics - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131052 | Syntax - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131040 | Sociolinguistics - 2nd semester | 6 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711131059 | Foreign Language Acquisition | 6 |
| 711131060 | Word Formation | 6 |
| 711131047 | Introduction to Computer Linguistics | 6 |
| 711131061 | Text Linguistics | 6 |
| 711131075 | Linguistics for Translation - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711031079 | Logic - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131062 | Word Order and Interpretation | 6 |
| 711131063 | Language Pathologies | 6 |
| 711131065 | Semantics and Cognition - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711131066 | Terminology - 1st semester | 6 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711131076 | Work Experience in Language Sciences | 12 |
| 711131057 | Language Sciences Seminar | 12 |
| Elective option 3 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711101077 | German A2.1 | 6 |
| 711101079 | German B1.1 | 6 |
| 711101080 | German B1.2 | 6 |
| 711101082 | German B2.1 | 6 |
| 711101083 | German B2.2 | 6 |
| 711111115 | Spanish Language A2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711111116 | Spanish Language B1.1 - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711111117 | Spanish Language B1.2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711111118 | Spanish Language B2.1 - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711111119 | Spanish Language B2.2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711111123 | French A2.1 | 6 |
| 711111124 | French A2.2 | 6 |
| 711111125 | French B1.1 - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711111126 | French B1.2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711111127 | French B2.1 | 6 |
| 711111128 | French B2.2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711121061 | English B2.1 | 6 |
| 711121062 | English B2.2 | 6 |
| 711121063 | English C1.1 - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711121064 | English C1.2 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| 711121066 | English C2.1 - 2nd semester | 6 |
| Elective option 4 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 711131020 | German Linguistics | 6 |
| 711131022 | Spanish Linguistics - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131024 | - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131024 | - 1st semester | 6 |
| 711131026 | English Linguistics - 1st and 2nd semester | 6 |