Master"s Programme in Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics at HSE University in Nizhny Novgorod

Summary of Degree Programme

Field of Studies

45.04.03 Fundamental and Applied Linguistics

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Network Programme

Length of Studies, Mode of Studies, Credit Load

2 года

Full-time, 120 з.е.

Language of instruction

ENG

Instruction in English

Qualification upon graduation

Master

Double-degree Programme

Use of online learning

With online tools

Tracks

2025/2026 Academic year

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Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics

Type: General

Track Supervisor: Merkulova, Edita N.

Language of instruction: English

Use of online learning: With online tools

Key learning outcomes:

Key educational outcomes (KEO, or KOR):
KOR-1 Able to take part in scientific discussions, make presentations and reports, present materials of his own research in oral and written form, including using computer technologies.
KOR-2 Able to assess the state of research in the chosen subject field, the relevance and novelty of their own research projects.
KOR-3 Able to search for and collect linguistic material on the research topic and apply qualitative and quantitative methods relevant to the task for its processing, analysis and systematization.
KOR-4 Able to work with text corpora and automatic text analysis tools.
KOR-5 Able to critically evaluate and interpret obtained research results.
KOR-6 Able to present research results in compliance with the rules of academic writing in the required format.

Description of the professional field:

As a result of mastering the programme, the HSE graduate develops universal, general professional (defined in the sections of the educational standard (ES) in the areas of training) and professional competencies (PC, or PK).
PK-1 Able to plan research activities, conduct independent research and obtain new scientific results in the field of professional activity
PK-2 Able to conduct theoretical and practical classes in the disciplines of the subject field, create methodological manuals and prepare educational and methodological and scientific materials, incl. interdisciplinary nature
PK-3 Able to conduct an in-depth analysis of problems, formulation and justification of project tasks related to linguistic issues, modeling and development of language components in interdisciplinary projects
PK-4 Able to independently develop a methodology and tools for the implementation of research and project activities in the field of fundamental and applied linguistics
PK-5 Able to develop and manage projects (subprojects), analyze risks
PK-6 Able to plan and implement projects in the field of intercultural communication, including those aimed at studying language as an object of culture
PK-7 Able to analyze the quality of language data, corpora, systems used for automatic processing of natural language
PK-8 Able to provide analytical support for the development and adoption of decisions in areas related to language policy, monitoring of text data, preservation of linguistic heritage
PK-9 Able to develop the structure and content of the educational process in the field of linguistics, create educational materials and applied programs for language training in the system of general and secondary vocational education, additional education
PK-10 Capable of carrying out written translation of various types of texts (including works of art) and accompanying them with the necessary editorial commentary
PK-11 Capable of providing qualified translation support for international events of various types (including scientific) using modern information technologies and software
PK-12 Capable of editing scientific and popular science literature on linguistics and related fields, including translations from Russian into a foreign language and from a foreign language into Russian
PK-13 Capable of carrying out linguistic processing of texts for production and practical purposes
PK-14 Capable of developing and improving electronic language resources, linguistic components of information systems, linguistic modules of computer-based learning systems
PK-15 Capable of carrying out qualified analysis of various types of oral and written discourse for production and practical purposes
PK-16 Capable of developing methods and algorithms for digitalizing humanitarian heritage, including special language markups corpora
PK-17 Able to develop a concept, prepare, conduct and organize a scientific event, including an international one
PK-18 Able to define and convey common goals in professional and social activities
PK-19 Able to generate fundamentally new ideas and products, has creativity, initiative
PK-20 Able to create, describe and responsibly control the implementation of technological requirements and standards in professional activities

Professional competencies are specific to graduates of this educational programme. Professional competencies are determined on the basis of professional standards corresponding to the professional activities of graduates, as well as on the basis of an analysis of labor market requirements, generalization of foreign experience, consultations with leading employers, associations of employers in the industry in which graduates are in demand.
The totality of all universal, general professional and professional competencies developed in a graduate ensures his ability to carry out professional activities in at least one area or sphere of professional activity, or to solve problems of professional activity of at least one type established in the ES.

Description of educational modules:

The curriculum of the Master's programme "Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics" is designed in such a way that its core contains tracks and courses that are an integral part of the curricula in the field of "applied linguistics" throughout the world, which simplifies international academic mobility.
At the same time, the programme also has a unique component, which is provided by the combination of two content blocks:

a block of fundamental linguistic disciplines (including corpus technologies and the basis for their use to solve practical problems)
a block of applied disciplines during which students form and develop competencies in text analysis using digital technologies.

Within the framework of the project and research seminars, when discussing projects, the main attention is paid to automatic methods that allow solving research problems (collection of literature and network analysis of a scientific field, the specifics of setting a problem and choosing corpus technologies, methods of mathematical statistics, data mining in interdisciplinary research).
The Project and Research Seminar “Digital Projects and Methods for Solving Applied Linguistic Problems in Business” discusses the stages and scenarios for creating digital projects; the tasks of applied linguistics in solving problems that companies face; the role of text analysis in the digital transformation of business, and others.

2024/2025 Academic year

Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics

Type: General

Track Supervisor: Merkulova, Edita N.

Language of instruction: English

Use of online learning: With online tools

Key learning outcomes:

KOR-1 Able to set and justify a research task related to the processing of the linguistic component in an interdisciplinary information and analytical project
KOR-2 Able to select a methodological toolkit in the field of automatic processing and analysis of text data corresponding to the task
KOR-3Able to search for and collect linguistic material on the research topic and apply qualitative and quantitative methods relevant to the task for its processing, analysis and systematization
KOR-4 Able to work with text corpora and automatic text analysis programs
KOR-5 Able to critically evaluate and interpret obtained research results
KOR-6 Able to present research results in compliance with the rules of academic writing in the required format

Description of the professional field:

As a result of mastering the EP, the HSE graduate develops universal, general professional (defined in the sections of the OS in the areas of training) and professional competencies.
PK-1 Able to plan research activities, conduct independent research and obtain new scientific results in the field of professional activity
PK-2 Able to conduct theoretical and practical classes in the disciplines of the subject field, create methodological manuals and prepare educational and methodological and scientific materials, incl. interdisciplinary nature
PK-3 Able to conduct an in-depth analysis of problems, formulation and justification of project tasks related to linguistic issues, modeling and development of language components in interdisciplinary projects
PK-4 Able to independently develop a methodology and tools for the implementation of research and project activities in the field of fundamental and applied linguistics
PK-5 Able to develop and manage projects (subprojects), analyze risks
PK-6 Able to plan and implement projects in the field of intercultural communication, including those aimed at studying language as an object of culture
PK-7 Able to analyze the quality of language data, corpora, systems used for automatic processing of natural language
PK-8 Able to provide analytical support for the development and adoption of decisions in areas related to language policy, monitoring of text data, preservation of linguistic heritage
PK-9 Able to develop the structure and content of the educational process in the field of linguistics, create educational materials and applied programs for language training in the system of general and secondary vocational education, additional education
PK-10 Capable of carrying out written translation of various types of texts (including works of art) and accompanying them with the necessary editorial commentary
PK-11 Capable of providing qualified translation support for international events of various types (including scientific) using modern information technologies and software
PK-12 Capable of editing scientific and popular science literature on linguistics and related fields, including translations from Russian into a foreign language and from a foreign language into Russian
PK-13 Capable of carrying out linguistic processing of texts for production and practical purposes
PK-14 Capable of developing and improving electronic language resources, linguistic components of information systems, linguistic modules of computer-based learning systems
PK-15 Capable of carrying out qualified analysis of various types of oral and written discourse for production and practical purposes
PK-16 Capable of developing methods and algorithms for digitalizing humanitarian heritage, including special language markups corpora
PK-17 Able to develop a concept, prepare, conduct and organize a scientific event, including an international one
PK-18 Able to define and convey common goals in professional and social activities
PK-19 Able to generate fundamentally new ideas and products, has creativity, initiative
PK-20 Able to create, describe and responsibly control the implementation of technological requirements and standards in professional activities

Professional competencies are specific to graduates of this educational program. Professional competencies are determined on the basis of professional standards corresponding to the professional activities of graduates, as well as on the basis of an analysis of labor market requirements, generalization of foreign experience, consultations with leading employers, associations of employers in the industry in which graduates are in demand.
The totality of all universal, general professional and professional competencies developed in a graduate ensures his ability to carry out professional activities in at least one area or sphere of professional activity, or to solve problems of professional activity of at least one type established in the OS.

Description of educational modules:

The curriculum of the Master's program "Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics" is designed in such a way that its core contains tracks and courses that are an integral part of the curricula in the field of "applied linguistics" throughout the world, which simplifies international academic mobility.
At the same time, the program also has a unique component, which is provided by the combination of two content blocks:
a block of fundamental linguistic disciplines (including corpus technologies and the basis for their use to solve practical problems)a block of applied disciplines during which students form and develop competencies in text analysis using digital technologiesWithin the framework of the NIS, when discussing projects, the main attention is paid to automatic methods that allow solving research problems (collection of literature and network analysis of a scientific field, the specifics of setting a problem and choosing corpus technologies, methods of mathematical statistics, data mining in interdisciplinary research).
The Project and Research Seminar “Digital Projects and Methods for Solving Applied Linguistic Problems in Business” discusses the stages and scenarios for creating digital projects; the tasks of applied linguistics in solving problems that companies face; the role of text analysis in the digital transformation of business, and others.

Competitive Advantages

As we have observed the majority of educational programmes in Linguistics offered in Nizhny Novgorod region provide a solid education in the Linguistics, but remain excessively theoretical and take little account of the latest achievements in the humanities, such as digitization and interdisciplinarty, an approach that is in great demand in the modern labor market. Students willing to study on our programme will receive a fundamentally new and modern understanding of Linguistics and its practical application in the modern world.

A graduate of the Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics programme will be competent in working with text data, allowing them to analyze texts and arrays of texts using methods of computer and corpus linguistics, legal linguistics, discourse analysis and psycholinguistics. Mastering technological tools will be supported by fundamental knowledge of the principles and patterns of humanities thought, theoretical approaches to the formalization of humanities knowledge, human cognition and use of language for structuring information. Possession of a fairly wide repertoire of quantitative methods (statistics, computer and corpus linguistics, programming languages, etc.) will significantly expand the employment opportunities of our graduates.

Through internship in various industries (government institutions, digital advertising, media, digital data analytics, bank training centers, museums, etc.), graduates will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the areas in which modern linguists may be in demand and choose one of areas for further professional development.

English language as the language of instruction on the Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics programme gives students an opportunity to maintain and improve their level of English proficiency in academic and professional communication during the studies. The program is designed to enhance the competitiveness in obtaining jobs in international companies where an advanced level of foreign language proficiency is required. In addition, conducting courses in English will significantly expand the geography of admission of foreign applicants who do not have a sufficient command of the Russian language, but would like to receive quality education in Russia.

Graduates of the programme will have following skills:

generate and analyse texts;
organise and conduct research in order to develop and create innovative electronic language resources (text corpora, dictionaries and thesauri, lexical and terminological databases, including ones for teaching Russian as a foreign language);
monitor arrays of information, develop short-term and long-term forecasts in various subject areas using modern computer tools for linguistic research;
compare different types of discourses and conduct a comparative analysis of information from different subject areas;
develop expert assessments and make short-term and medium-term forecasts in the field of language policy and planning;
prepare technical design specification for the team of software developers for collecting and analysing data;
prepare high-quality analytical documents.

Options for Students with Disabilities

This degree programme of HSE University is adapted for students with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Special assistive technology and teaching aids are used for collective and individual learning of students with SEN and disabilities. The specific adaptive features of the programme are listed in each subject's full syllabus and are available to students through the online Learning Management System.

Programme Documentation

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I hereby confirm that the degree programme documents posted on this website are fully up-to-date.

Vice Rector Sergey Yu. Roshchin

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