Degree in Galician and Portuguese Studies: Language and Literature

The degree provides extensive training in the studies of language, literature and culture in the Galician-Portuguese field. The different branches of philological knowledge (grammar, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, history of the language, language planning, literary movements, literary genres, authors of Galician and Portuguese literature, etc.) applied to Galician and Portuguese are studied. In this way, students are prepared to successfully assume the responsibilities of their working life. At the same time, they acquire a very good multilingual competence (Galician and Portuguese, Spanish, English), which has a positive impact on their professional skills.

Among the generic skills acquired by students are the ability to apply linguistic and literary knowledge to practice; the competence to analyse and comment on literary and non-literary texts and discourses using modern textual analysis techniques; the ability to apply new technologies to the study of linguistic and literary phenomena; the ability to appreciate artistic, cultural and aesthetic values in literary texts, and the ability to relate language, literature, history and culture.

When the Bachelor's Degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies is completed, students are fully qualified in the following competencies:

• Know and apply the methods and techniques of linguistic and literary analysis to analyse and comment on texts and discourses using textual analysis techniques.
• Know the theoretical currents of linguistics and literary science and have an advanced oral and written command of the Galician, Spanish, English and Portuguese languages.
• Have the ability to evaluate the style of a text, formulate alternatives and corrections, as well as to critically evaluate, analyze and synthesize specialized information.
• Identify problems and research topics in this scientific field. Know textual criticism and text editing.
• Have an advanced knowledge of Galician and Portuguese literature, and of the history and culture of the Galician-speaking and Portuguese-speaking communities.
• Master the grammar of the Galician and Portuguese languages, knowing their variations. To know the sociolinguistic situation of the Galician language and the models and techniques of linguistic planning.

Among the generic skills acquired by students are the ability to apply linguistic and literary knowledge to practice; the competence to analyse and comment on literary and non-literary texts and discourses using modern textual analysis techniques; the ability to apply new technologies to the study of linguistic and literary phenomena; the ability to appreciate artistic, cultural and aesthetic values in literary texts, and the ability to relate language, literature, history and culture.

Students who complete their undergraduate studies will have a very high specialization in the Galician-Portuguese linguistic and literary field. For this reason, it will connect with a professional universe that is also specialised in teaching in the public and private spheres (academies, colleges, faculties, institutes, assistantships in foreign universities, etc.), linguistic and sociocultural advice, translation, linguistic normalisation and cultural dynamisation are emerging as the main work itineraries.

Among the main academic-labor opportunities, the following stand out: teaching, research, translation and interpreting, linguistic, cultural and editorial advice and mediation, cultural and linguistic advice in the business world, linguistic normalization and planning, literary criticism, media, cultural management, linguistic and literary promotion, advertising, specialized bookstores, etc.

Students can also continue their higher education and access the different master's degrees offered at the faculty.

The Faculty of Philology has collaboration agreements with various entities so that students can come into contact with the work environment. In these agreements, which are renewed every year, the extracurricular external internships.

The curriculum of the Bachelor's Degree in Galician-Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies is structured in four academic years organized by semesters, except in the second year, in which two subjects are annual. In the first two years, all subjects are compulsory and are common to the bachelor's degrees in Spanish and English.
From this common training, in the third and fourth year each student will be able to deepen the study of the Galician and Portuguese language and the corresponding literatures, also relying on complementary and transversal subjects.
The curriculum is distributed in 240 credits, of which 120 are taken in the first and second year in the common subjects; in the third and fourth years, 78 credits will be taken in the compulsory subjects, a minimum of 18 in the specific subjects, a maximum of 18 in the general optional subjects and 6 in the Final Degree Project.

Study structure

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

• Curso 1
• Curso 2
• Curso 3
• Curso 4

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

The degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies was designed taking into account the previous degree in Galician Philology. At the same time, linguistic and literary studies from different European universities were also taken into account, where it is very common for at least two languages to be studied together (France, Italy, Portugal...) and their respective literatures, as well as subjects of linguistics, literary theory and translation.

The preparation of the curriculum for this degree was carried out under the "Guidelines for the preparation of undergraduate degrees at the UDC", approved by the Governing Council of the university in 2007. It had a drafting committee, made up of nine members, in which all sectors of the university community were represented (students, teaching staff and PTGAS). The draft was publicly exposed, debated and finally approved by the Faculty Board.

Teachers

By now, the study does not have departments responsible for teaching.

• Curso 1
• Curso 2
• Curso 3
• Curso 4

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.

Particular centre actions

The Faculty of Philology of the UDC has a long tradition of participation and cooperation in the development of student mobility strategies, particularly at the European level. This favours contact with other linguistic, literary, cultural and social realities in different countries, with the obvious cultural and personal enrichment for the students. Thus, thanks to the agreements signed, people who study the degree in Galician-Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies have the possibility of completing part of the degree at a Spanish or foreign university. Thus, through the Erasmus+ and SICUE programmes, there is the possibility of studying for a semester or even for a whole year at universities in Poland and Portugal, or at Spanish universities such as Salamanca.