COURSE: BA IN LANGUAGE PRACTICE

The Baccalaureus Artium in Language Practice is a market-driven qualification which, over and above the required academic training, includes practical experiential learning, offered by professional language practitioners and language specialists. Candidates receive the unique opportunity to prepare themselves for their careers as language practitioners, either as translators, interpreters (liaison or legal interpreters), language technologists, language managers or language entrepreneurs.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:

• Language practice


• Linguistics


• Anthropology


• History


• History of art


• Political science


• Philosophy

Second year subjects:

• Language practice


• Linguistics


• General reasoning skills


• Basic computer literacy


• Community service learning


• Information skills

Third year subjects:

• Language practice


• Linguistics

Careers: translator, interpreter, editor, copywriter, reviewer, publisher, journalist and educator.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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