Study Programmes
- Bc. (B.A.) Obecná lingvistika a teorie komunikace (General Linguistics and Theory of Communication) – a double major degree programme
- Mgr. (M.A.) Obecná lingvistika a teorie komunikace (General Linguistics and Theory of Communication) – a single major degree programme
- Mgr. (M.A.) Obecná lingvistika (General Linguistics) – a double major degree programme
- Ph.D. Obecná jazykověda a teorie komunikace (General Linguistics and Theory of Communication)
The Bc. degree programme is a systematic introduction to theory and communication. It is not focused on a description of one particular language or one type of communication, but instead deals with basic principles and means of describing language(s) and communication.
Both Mgr. degree programmes are divided into two, equally demanding parts. Students attends courses which develop him/her as a general linguist (by means of obligatory courses). Students are also obliged to choose his/her specialisation. He/she has to choose from the elective courses offered within each specialisation.
Obligatory courses
Metody lingvistiky (Linguistic Methods), Sémiotika (Semiotics), Obecná lingvistika (General Linguistics), Teorie komunikace ( Communication Theory), Filozofie a jazyk (Philosophy and Language), Současné přístupy ke komunikaci a jazyku (Current Approaches to Communication and Language), Proměny myšlení o komunikaci a jazyku (Metamorphoses in Thinking Regarding Communication and Language), Komplexní analýza komunikačního procesu a textu (Complete Analysis of the Communication Process and Texts)
Specialisations within the limits of the elective courses
Mediální sémiotika (Media Semiotics), matematická lingvistika (Mathematical Linguistics), biosémiotika (Biosemiotics), filozofie vědy (Philosophy of Science), psycholingvistika (Psycholinguistics), kritická analýza diskurzu (Critical Discourse Analysis)
Profile of our graduates
Graduates may find work as researchers, university lecturers or communication specialists, as well as in, for example, public administration institutions or non-profit organisations. They will have opportunities to be involved in solving communication problems as language experts, public relations or marketing strategies analysts. Last but not least, they will be provided with the possibility to work as experts in institutions engaged in formal language modelling.