Degree in Applied Galician and Spanish Philology

The Degree in Applied Galician and Spanish Philology offers specialised training in the field of Galician and Spanish languages and literature so that students can apply their knowledge and values to the progress of society through the use of everyday tools and a complementary mastery of modern languages (such as English, French, German or Portuguese). It is understood as the collaboration between several disciplines and sub-disciplines always focused on the word and its texts, and the term Applied Philology, because it uses the knowledge of basic science for its practical application.

Career opportunities:

• Teaching in secondary education, baccalaureate, official language schools, academies, etc.
• Cultural and creative industries, especially those linked to new technologies.
• Language industries (Spanish and Galician).
• The teaching of Galician and Spanish as foreign languages (assistantships, conversation assistantships, etc.).
• International relations.
• The labour market related to the technological field and multimodal, multilingual communication on the Internet; that related to companies and institutions that require professionals specialised in communication; that related to linguistic and literary consultancy in libraries, cultural departments, radio and television, cinema, publishing and journalistic world, advertising agencies, areas of linguistic standardisation, etc.
• Editing, writing and proofreading of texts, both specialised and literary creation and audiovisual content.
• Administrative work in companies or institutions in multilingual environments.
• Linguistic mediation, including sign language.