Hurbanova School of Linguistics

The Hurbanova School of Linguistics, abbreviated HSL, is a Lovian specialized education-only university in Hurbanova, Oceana and the highest branch of the Shkola Hurbanovni complex. The university offers professional bachelor degrees as well as master degrees in the field of linguistics and cultural studies.

Professional bachelor programs (3 year)
All professional bachelor programs are language proficiency-oriented. After three years of study, the student should be proficient in his choice of language (or in two or three languages in the case of Scandinavian and Slavic Studies) in both spoken and written language. A bachelor’s program always include a cultural-historical component as well as an introduction to the language’s key cultural products, i.e. literary texts. Language proficiency and acquiring the knowledge to apply the rules of grammar and phonology correctly, make up about three quarters of the program.


 * Arabic Language
 * Dutch Language
 * English Language
 * French Language
 * German Language
 * Limburgish Language
 * Oceana Studies
 * Romanian Language
 * Scandinavian Studies
 * Slavic Studies
 * Slovak Language
 * Spanish Language

Academic bachelor programs (3 year)
Academic bachelors lay greater stress on the theory. Classic Studies does have a major interpretative proficiency component, but also features classic literature, history, sociopolitics, and theoretical linguistics.


 * Classic Studies
 * General Linguistics
 * Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Academic master programs
Academic master degrees follow either professional or academic bachelor programs. They elaborate on the cultural studies component and put stress on the theoretical and scientific aspects of a language, its community and its structure.

All masters ideally take two years, unless otherwise stated.


 * Classic Studies
 * Dutch Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * English Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * French Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * General Linguistics (1 year)
 * German Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * Historical and Comparative Linguistics (1 year)
 * Limburgish Linguistics and Cultural Studies (1 year)
 * Romanian Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * Scandinavian Linguistics and Cultural Studies
 * Slovak Linguistics and Cultural Studies (1 year)
 * Spanish Linguistics and Cultural Studies