About this Program
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 9 | Completed with minimum grades of C
- Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Certificates must comply with the Certificate Policy.
Admission Requirements
- An A- or higher in 3rd-year (advanced) language courses in Classics, LLC or SPS
- OR: high score of proficiency on a standardized language exam or equivalent;
- At least one writing enhanced course;
- Informal recommendation from language instructor willing to oversee capstone project;
- Informal recommendation from instructor in student’s major willing to oversee capstone project.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core courses | 6 | |
| Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Translation | ||
| Advanced Foreign Language Translation Workshop | ||
| Language Program elective | 3 | |
Select one: | ||
| Foreign Language Translation for the Professions | ||
| Composition and Stylistics | ||
| Writing in French | ||
| German Text Translation and Generation I | ||
| Modern Greek Literature Since 1830 | ||
| Greek Drama | ||
| Greek Historians | ||
| Studies in Greek Literature | ||
| The Merchant of Venice in Translation | ||
| Italian Play | ||
| Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice | ||
| Studies in Latin Literature | ||
| The Roman Historians | ||
| Vergil and Roman Epic | ||
| Medieval Latin | ||
| Introduction to Portuguese Translation and Interpretation | ||
| Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 1 | ||
| Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 2 | ||
| Spanish Translation: Bridging Cultures | ||
| Capstone Project | ||
| Advanced Foreign Language Translation Workshop 1 | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
- 1
Select and translate a text in the student’s area of expertise, subject to approval of professions advisor, translation advisor, and language advisor.
Model Semester Plan
Prerequisites
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 3 | ||
| Advanced Language course 1 | ||
| Semester 4 | ||
| Advanced Language course 2 | ||
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 5 | ||
| Advanced or specialized foreign language course | 3 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| FOT 4801 | Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Translation | 3 |
| Semester 7 | ||
| Elective in foreign language program | 3 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| FOT 4810 | Advanced Foreign Language Translation Workshop | 3 |