Galician is the native and official language of USC. This status as the native language obliges USC to promote and ensure its use. Thus, as outlined in the Regulamento de usos lingüísticos, Galician is the default language of communication in institutional and administrative activities. Spanish also has official status.
If you have studied in Galicia, you already know all this, but if you are coming from outside, you should understand that both teachers and students have the right to use the official language they prefer. This means that you will receive classes in both Galician and Spanish, depending on the choice made by the teaching staff responsible for each subject, and this information will be available at the time of enrolment. It is important for you to know that you will be able to do and submit your assignments and exams in the official language that best suits your interests, except in those subjects where linguistic competence is a formative and evaluative objective.
The academic offer of the Faculty of Humanities (Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Management and Master's Degree in Cultural Services) is fully committed to promoting diversity and defending equality among all human communities. A main objective is that our students acquire and strengthen competences and skills that enable them to understand and value cultures different from their own. Developing plurilingual competence plays a central role in this commitment to a multicultural perspective.
Feeling languages as bridges between cultures, rather than barriers, is one of the first lessons we want to convey to you as someone who wants to work on cultural projects.
In promoting pluralistic linguistic approaches, the Council of Europe advocates strategies of intercomprehension between related languages: let's focus on what we have in common and on the will to understand each other using our own language.
This is what you will find while studying at the Faculty of Humanities of USC. In addition to learning international languages (English, Portuguese/French), in your interactions with teaching staff and fellow students you will have the opportunity to communicate in two Romance languages with centuries of coexistence in Galicia.
In your project to train in the field of culture, studying in a multilingual faculty is a great opportunity and should not be seen as a difficulty.
The intelligibility between Galician and Spanish is high, but each language offers its own perspectives from diverse cultural experiences.
Having the opportunity to learn to listen to those who does not speak like you will always be a strength in your training as a person and as a professional in the world of culture. And if you want to learn more about our language, USC offers Galician courses specifically aimed at non-Galician-speaking students.