What are the contents of the Dual Master's programme?
The students who take the Dual Master’s degree (66 ECTS credits) will be graduating simultaneously from the University of Alicante (UA) with a Master’s in English and Spanish for Specific Purposes and from the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in Shanghai with a Master’s of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature (Oriented in Forensic Linguistics).
UA Students
The students from the UA will take 42 ECTS credits from the MASTER’S IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: 30 ECTS credits in the first term of the academic year (October-January) and the 12 ECTS credits corresponding to the Master’s dissertation. This will be supervised by Professors from the UA.
CODE | SUBJECT | ECTS CREDITS |
38606 | Applied Linguistics | 6 |
38608 | Forensic Linguistics | 6 |
38610 | Computational Linguistics | 6 |
38613 | English in the Law | 3 |
38614 | Spanish in the Law | 3 |
38615 | English in Economy and Finance | 3 |
38616 | Spanish in Economy and Finance | 3 |
38621 | Master's dissertation | 12 |
In the second term (March-June), the students from the UA will take 24 ECTS credits from the MASTER’S OF ARTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE (ORIENTED IN FORENSIC LINGUISTICS): 18 ECTS credits and the 6 ECTS credits corresponding to the Master’s dissertation. This will be supervised by Professors from the ECUPL.
CODE | SUBJECT | ECTS CREDITS |
1012203 | Theories (and Practice) in Legal Translation | 4 |
1012201 | Advanced Linguistics | 4 |
1012301 | Introduction to Chinese Law | 2 |
1012302 | Introduction to Anglo-American Law | 2 |
1012204 | Corpus Linguistics | 2 |
1012303 | Chinese Legal Culture | 2 |
1012305 | Business English | 2 |
Master's dissertation | 6 |
The ECUPL will offer the students from the UA complementary courses in Chinese language and civilization.
ECUPL Students
The students from the ECUPL will take 42 ECTS credits from the MASTER’S IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: 30 ECTS credits in the first term of the academic year (October-January) and the 12 ECTS credits corresponding to the Master’s dissertation. This will be supervised by Professors from the UA.
CODE | SUBJECT | ECTS CREDITS |
38606 | Applied Linguistics | 6 |
38608 | Forensic Linguistics | 6 |
38610 | Computational Linguistics | 6 |
38613 | English in the Law | 3 |
38614 | Spanish in the Law | 3 |
38615 | English in Economy and Finance | 3 |
38616 | Spanish in Economy and Finance | 3 |
38621 | Master's dissertation | 12 |
In the second term (March-June), the students from the ECUPL will take 24 ECTS credits from the MASTER’S OF ARTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE (ORIENTED IN FORENSIC LINGUISTICS): 18 ECTS credits and the 6 ECTS credits corresponding to the Master’s dissertation. This will be supervised by Professors from the ECUPL.
CODE | SUBJECT | ECTS CREDITS |
1012203 | Theories (and Practice) in Legal Translation | 4 |
1012201 | Advanced Linguistics | 4 |
1012301 | Introduction to Chinese Law | 2 |
1012302 | Introduction to Anglo-American Law | 2 |
1012204 | Corpus Linguistics | 2 |
1012303 | Chinese Legal Culture | 2 |
1012305 | Business English | 2 |
Master's dissertation | 6 |
The UA will offer the students from the ECUPL complementary courses in Spanish language and civilization.