Postgraduate Course: MSc Literary Translation as Creative Practice Dissertation (CLLC11121)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | Students will embark on the dissertation in consultation with the programme director. A dissertation supervisor will be allocated, and the dissertation topic must be approved by the dissertation supervisor. Students will write a dissertation on the agreed topic to conform to the academic requirements of the discipline.
The dissertation may consist of an extended exercise in practical translation with commentary, a critical evaluation of an existing translation or translations, an exploration of a topic in translation studies, or any meaningful combination of these. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
578 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Dissertation of 15,000 words (excluding the bibliography) as specified in the programme handbook and the University assessment regulations.
Alternatively students can choose a translation and commentary option for their dissertations, the approximate word count division is 9,000 words for the translation and 6,000 words for the commentary component. |
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Learning Outcomes
| Students will gain the skills to undertake a research project in this discipline.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | LTCPD |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Charlotte Bosseaux
Tel: (0131 6)51 3735
Email: Charlotte.Bosseaux@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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