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Spanish-English - SPANHS8229

Stream Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of International Studies

Contact: intlstudies@unsw.edu.au

Program: 8229 - Arts (Extension)

Award(s):

Master of Arts (Extension) (Specialisation)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

The Master of Arts (Extension) by coursework in Interpreting & Translation Studies (Program 8229) aims to prepare students for professional activities as highly qualified translators and interpreters, by developing the necessary competencies to meet the challenges of the growing domestic and international markets. Courses in interpreting and translation are offered in English, with streams in the following languages: French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.

This program is accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) at Professional Translator and Professional Interpreter level.

Stream Structure

Students are required to complete a total of 12 courses over the period of at least 3 semesters, including 8 core MODL courses (3 contact hours per week) and 4 elective courses (LING and/or courses from other schools in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2 or more contact hours per week), 6 UOC each course.

Core courses

MODL5100 Foundations and Principles (6 UOC)
MODL5101 Interpreting in Legal Settings (6 UOC)
MODL5102 Interpret in busi & comm (6 UOC)
MODL5103 Media Translation (6 UOC)
MODL5104 Technical Translation (6 UOC)
MODL5105 Conference Interpreting (6 UOC) - not to be taken in the first semester of study
MODL5107 Professional Practice (6 UOC)
MODL5108 Preparation for Accredidation (6 UOC)

Note: Course MODL5107 (including Practicum).

Elective courses

Students must choose four elective courses.

They may choose all of them from the list below:

MODL5106 Text Analysis for Translation (Core course for those who apply for NAATI accreditation)
MODL5109 Bilingual Enhancement (6UOC) (Strongly recommended)
MODL5110 Translation in C Language (6 UOC) (Only those who have a strong C Language)
MODL5113 Interpreting Accreditation (6 UOC)
CHIN5910 Chinese Poetry and Poetics (6 UOC) (Chinese students only)
LING5022 Cross-cultural Pragmatics (6 UOC)
LING5026 Linguistic Analysis (6 UOC)
Other PG linguistics courses

OR

They may choose three electives from the above list and choose one from postgraduate contextual studies courses offered by the Schools in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Examples include, but are not limited to: