Curriculum
Languages
Students may pair any of the available target languages with English translation:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
Students may study translation from their native language (or language of highest proficiency) into English as the Target Language. Or, students may study translation from English as the Source Language into one’s native language as the Target Language.
Courses
The coursework in Master of Arts in Global Communication & Applied Translation combine a collection of core classes focusing on the theory and practice of translation work as well as a selection of electives.
Fall Semester I
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82-707 Introduction to Translation: Theories and Approaches - 9 Units
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82-703 Translation Technologies (taught by a professional translator who is an expert in using translation technologies and keeps up with new technologies) - 9 Units
- 82-704 Translation Workshop I (core workshop + language-specific meetings + breakout sessions on translation areas of specialization) - 9 Units
- 82-708 Translation as a Profession (career preparation seminar) - 3 Units
- List A Elective (in the target language) - 9 Units
Total Units: 39
Spring Semester I
- 82-705 Translation Workshop II (core workshop + language-specific meetings + breakout sessions on translation areas of specialization) - 9 Units
- 82-706 Translation as a Profession (career preparation seminar) - 3 Units
- Cultural Adaptability Course (Language and Culture, or Communicating in a Global Marketplace, or Language, Diversity and Cultural Identity, or Theories of International Relations) - 9 Units
- Style or Rhetorical Grammar or Argument or approved toolkit course - 9 Units
- List B Elective (in the topic area: technical and scientific, literary, business, audiovisual and media, or healthcare) - 9 Units
Total Units: 39
Summer Semester
- Translation Internship
Fall Semester II
- 82-706 Translation Workshop III: Issues in Large Scale Translation (project course, client-based, multilingual projects that support skill development in supervision and coordination (core workshop + language-specific meetings + breakout sessions on translation areas of specialization) - 18 Units
- 82-706 Translation as a Profession (career preparation seminar) - 3 Units
- List A Elective (in the target language) - 9 Units
- List B Elective (in the topic area: technical and scientific, literary, business, audiovisual and media, or healthcare; in a cultural context) - 9 Units
Total Units: 39
