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Degree Programme Table: Translation Studies (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCTRANS1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students may substitute level 11 option courses from within the School of LLC with the approval of the Programme Director and the Course Organiser.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CLLC11039 Translation Studies 1 Semester 1 20
    CLLC11037 Research in Translation Studies Semester 2 20
    CLLC11053 MSc Translation Studies Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
    CLLC11102 Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises 1 Semester 1 20
    Notes: All students will take this course on a class only basis - credits will be allocated against the relevant language course code.
    CLLC11103 Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises 2 Semester 2 20
    Notes: All students will take this course on a class only basis - credits will be allocated against the relevant language course code.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11152    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Arabic 1   20  
    CLLC11153    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Chinese 1   20  
    CLLC11151    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in French 1   20  
    CLLC11154    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in German 1   20  
    CLLC11155    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 1   20  
    CLLC11156    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Spanish 1   20  
    CLLC11177    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Turkish 1   20  
    CLLC11179    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Scandinavian 1   20  

    Notes:These courses are core courses - all students must take one Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises course per semester.

    Where students are working with multiple languages other than English, the course enrolment will be determined in discussion with the Programme Director.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11162    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Arabic 2   20  
    CLLC11163    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Chinese 2   20  
    CLLC11164    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in French 2   20  
    CLLC11165    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in German 2   20  
    CLLC11166    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 2   20  
    CLLC11167    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Spanish 2   20  
    CLLC11178    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Turkish 2   20  
    CLLC11180    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Scandinavian 2   20  

    Notes:These courses are core courses - all students must take one Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises course per semester.

    Where students are working with multiple languages other than English, the course enrolment will be determined in discussion with the Programme Director.

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11065    Technology and Translation in the Workplace   20  
    CLLC11127    Translation and Creativity   20  

    Notes:These option courses are recommended.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCR11004    The Great Russian Novel   20  
    ELCH11009    Reading Latin American Poetry   20  
    IMES11003    Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East   20  
    ASST11091    Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935   20  
    ASST11010    Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS)   20  
    IMES11069    Cinema and Society in the Middle East (PG Version)   20  
    CLLC11181    World Literature   20  

     

    AND   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11146    Gender and Translation   20  
    CLLC11132    Translating the Sacred: Concepts, Texts and Transmission of Religions   20  

    Notes:These option courses are recommended.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC11112    Fantastic Fiction   20  

     




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