Non-European Languages

In the educational path outlined by the Master’s Degree Course in SAA, the study of a non-European language among those offered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences is considered very important in order to achieve real competence in area studies. Every student enrolled in the Degree Course must therefore choose between studying Arabic, Chinese or Japanese. The teaching offer in these three non-European languages is at an advanced level and therefore aimed at students who have previous knowledge of one of the three non-European languages, usually for at least 18 CFU.

In this case, students who have never studied one of the three non-European languages or who have an elementary level of proficiency are also allowed to enroll in the SAA degree course: in this case, the student can make up for her/his previous knowledge by accessing one or more language courses within the didactic offer of the Bachelor’s Degree Course in Political Science and International Relations.To this end, a language assessment meeting is scheduled during the first week of classes in October: this is not an exam, but a meeting aimed at assessing each students level of linguistic competence at the start of the course in order to prepare the most suitable course of study.

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