Graduates will be suited to the following professional roles in the areas of employment indicated:
Teacher at first and second level secondary schools
(admission to teaching is subject to acquiring credits in the scientific-disciplinary fields specified by law and to obtaining certification as per law)
Functions:
- teaching Italian language and literature.
Career opportunities:
- first and second level secondary schools;
- institutions and institutes for Italian culture and the promotion of the Italian language abroad.
Cultural officer
Functions:
- participating in the organisation of cultural institutions and activities (museums, exhibitions);
- Developing and coordinating projects, activities and investigations in the linguistic-cultural sectors as part of integration and linguistic policies, especially at a European level.
Career opportunities:
- public, private and third-sector institutions and agencies (including foundations) which appreciate, conserve and promote the artistic, literary and linguistic heritage and organise cultural events and activities.
Writer
Functions:
- various types of activities in the sector of publishing;
- writing professionally in the journalistic, editorial and advertising fields;
Career opportunities:
- publishing, advertising and professional/journalistic writing companies, also on-line/web publishing.
Lexicographer
Functions:
- coordinating projects and activities in the relevant sector;
- cooperating in compiling dictionaries and works with particular vocabulary contents in general, conducting technical investigations and research and compiling headwords and entries;
- operating in the sector of IT-linguistic activities, in particular regarding the processing of empirical data.
Career opportunities:
- as an employee or freelance/consultant in public, private and third-sector companies producing dictionaries and electronic resources;
- companies specialised in the automatic processing of languages.
The degree programme project has been submitted to selected external stakeholders in order to receive their opinions and feedbacks on the learning outcomes and the professional profiles.
