| a) | Providing professional translation training in a liberal arts and whole-person education environment; |
| b) | Helping students develop intellectual and critical skills as well as the capacity for life-long learning; and |
| c) | Helping students train themselves to perform communicative tasks professionally in bilingual/trilingual and bicultural settings. |
| The structure of the curriculum is as follows: | ||
| I) | Major Courses | 54 units |
| II) | Honours Project | 6 units |
| III) | General Education | 38 units |
| IV) | Free Electives# | 30 units |
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128 units | |
| # | Students may take additional GE courses in any categories to fulfill the “Free Electives” requirement but only a maximum of 6 units will be counted towards the fulfillment of the “Free Electives” requirement. |
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units | ||
| Major Required Courses (39 units) | ||||
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TRAN | 2005 | Principles & Methods of Translation | 3 units |
| TRAN | 2006 | Linguistics for Translators | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2008 | Practical Translation I | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2009 | Practical Translation II | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3005 | English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure & Style | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3006 | Interpreting I | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3007 | Culture & Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3016 | Professional Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3025 | Interpreting II | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4005 | Theories & Philosophies I | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4006 | Theories & Philosophies II | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4007 | Appreciation, Criticism & Evaluation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4037 | Translation & Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (15 units) | ||||
| Five of the following courses: | ||||
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TRAN | 1005 | Introduction To Translation | 3 units |
| TRAN | 2007 | Research Methods for Translation Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2015 | Communication & Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2016 | English for Translators II: Written Genres | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2017 | Reading Chinese Literature in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2025 | Translating Across Media | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 2026 | Contrastive Language Studies: English & Chinese | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3015 | Practical Translation III | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3017 | Drama Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 3026 | Media Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4015 | Gender & Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4016 | Interpreting III | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4017 | Interpreting IV | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4025 | Legal & Government Document Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4026 | Literary Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4027 | Special Topic(s) in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4035 | Translation of Scientific & Technological Texts | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4036 | Translation, Publishing & Global Circulation | 3 units | |
| TRAN | 4045 | Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation & Intertextuality | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units | ||
| TRAN | 4898-9 | Honours Project | 6 units | |
| III. | General Education | 38 units | ||
| IV. | Free Electives | 30 units | ||
| TRAN | 1006 | Principles & Techniques of Translation | 3 units | |
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| 128 units | ||||
Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2015-2016
Last modified: July 2015
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