This package is aimed at equipping the learner with communication skills as well as indepth knowledge of the language, literature and culture of at least one language. Through the study of language, students are guided towards critical reflection on and justified participation in (cultural) discourses, and they acquire perspectives on different aspects of people and their interaction with the world.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- Information literacy
- Academic literacy
- Introduction to research
- History of ancient cultures
- Culture and communication
- Lexicography
- Translation
- Creative writing
Second year subjects:
- History of ancient cultures
- Culture and communication
- Lexicography
- Translation
- Creative writing
Third year subjects:
- History of ancient cultures
- Culture and communication
- Lexicography
- Translation
- Creative writing
Careers: translator, lexicographer, linguist.
Source: www.up.ac.za