Cultural Officer
function in a professional context:
In line with the acquired competences and the laws in force, graduates may sit an exam to undertake Curriculum Internships, leading to a teaching qualification valid for first and second grade secondary schools in the relative competition sector.
Graduates will be suited to the following professional roles and functions in the employment fields indicated:
Cultural officers acquire, assess and guarantee the conservation of artefacts of social, historical, cultural and artistic value and works of art, also contributing to their promotion.
Cultural officers:
- Participate in the organisation and promotion of cultural institutions and activities (events, museums, exhibitions);
- Draft and coordinate projects, activities and investigations in linguistic and cultural sectors within integration and linguistic policies, especially at a European level;
In order to acquire greater autonomy and responsibility in the performance of the above activities, and to develop a full command of the methods and tools supporting their professional activities, graduates may be required to obtain further competences in post-graduate vocational courses, 1st and 2nd level professional master's programmes and internships.
competencies associated to the function:
- Specialist knowledge and skills in social and humanistic fields;
- Ability to select and promote cultural activities in their own right and according to the specific socio-cultural context;
- Transversal communication, organisational, managerial and planning skills, in line with the assigned levels of autonomy and responsibility, the organisation and working methods adopted and the key stakeholders (colleagues, other professionals, customers/users);
- Ability to work in international contexts and understand the multicultural aspects of European and non-European cultures.
career opportunities:
- Institutions, businesses, public and tertiary bodies (including Foundations) enhancing, conserving and promoting the cultural, artistic, literary and linguistic heritage and organising cultural events and activities.
Editor
function in a professional context:
In line with the acquired competences and the laws in force, graduates may sit an exam to undertake Curriculum Internships, leading to a teaching qualification valid for first and second grade secondary schools in the relative competition sector.
Graduates will be suited to the following professional roles and functions in the indicated employment fields:
Editors apply their linguistic knowledge to create and/or critically revise written, audiovisual and multimedia texts for publication.
Editors:
- Perform a range of activities in the publishing sector;
- Produce information and advertising texts for goods and services for publication and broadcasting by various means;
- Write professionally at all levels in the journalism, editorial and advertising fields;
- Provide technical consulting for the production of manuals, guides, technical annexes, sheets, information texts and instruction booklets for consumer goods, machinery and equipment.
To acquire greater autonomy and responsibility in the performance of the above activities, developing a full command of the methods and tools supporting their professional activities, graduates may be required to obtain further competences in post-graduate vocational courses, 1st and 2nd level professional master's programmes and internships.
competencies associated to the function:
- Specialist knowledge and skills in social and humanistic fields;
- Further specialisation and in-depth studies in one or more vocational sectors;
- Self-learning and lifelong learning competencies;
- Transversal communication, organisational, managerial and planning skills, in line with the assigned levels of autonomy and responsibility, the organisation and working methods adopted and the key stakeholders (colleagues, other professionals, customers/users).
career opportunities:
- Companies working in the publishing, advertising and professional writing/journalism field, including web publishing.
Lexicographer
function in a professional context:
In line with the acquired competences and the laws in force, graduates may sit an exam to undertake Curriculum Internships, leading to a teaching qualification valid for first and second grade secondary schools in the relative competition sector.
Graduates will be suited to the following professional roles and functions in the employment fields indicated:
Lexicographers conduct research and studies into grammar and words, investigating the interactions between linguistics and ICT.
Lexicographers:
- Coordinate projects and activities in the grammar and lexicon sectors;
- Collaborate in the compilation of dictionaries and works with general vocabulary contents, conducting technical research and investigations and compiling headwords and entries;
- Work in IT-linguistic activities, particularly concerning the processing of empirical data.
In order to acquire greater autonomy and responsibility in the performance of the above activities, and to develop a full command of the methods and tools supporting their professional activities, graduates may be required to obtain further competences in internships.
competencies associated to the function:
- Specialist knowledge and skills in linguistics, social and humanistic fields;
- Further specialisation and in-depth studies in one or more vocational sectors;
- Transversal communication, organisational, managerial and planning skills, in line with the assigned levels of autonomy and responsibility, the organisation and working methods adopted and the key stakeholders (colleagues, other professionals, customers/users).
career opportunities:
- employee or freelance/consultant in public, private and third-sector companies producing dictionaries and electronic resources;
- companies specialising in automatic language processing.
Writer/Essay writer
function in a professional context:
In line with the acquired competences and the laws in force, graduates may sit an exam to undertake Curriculum Internships, leading to a teaching qualification valid for first and second grade secondary schools in the relative competition sector.
Graduates will be suited to the following professional roles and functions in the employment fields indicated:
Writers/Essay writers design, create and publish literary and professional written works.
Writers/Essay writers:
- Produce texts for book publishing, web publishing and the like as independent writers;
- Write texts of their own invention for publishers, for generic and specific audiences (e.g. teachers and students of primary and secondary schools).
To acquire greater autonomy and responsibility in the performance of the above activities, developing a full command of the methods and tools supporting their professional activities, graduates may be required to obtain further competences in post-graduate vocational courses.
competencies associated to the function:
- Knowledge of the demands of various branches of the cultural world;
- Ability to write clearly and precisely, communicating in a professional and original manner;
- Ability to draft simple and complex texts, short essays and books in one or more volumes.
career opportunities:
Freelance writers propose their works to publishers, institutions and businesses needing to communicate with their audiences through texts, web publishing, television, etc.
