Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Translation
The BA (Hons) in Translation Programme has the following aims:
- Providing professional translation training in a liberal arts and whole-person education environment;
- Helping students develop intellectual and critical skills as well as the capacity for life-long learning; and
- 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) | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV) | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V) | Free Electives# | 37 units |
| 128 units |
# Students may take additional Healthy Lifestyle courses and/or General Education (Level 1 or 2) courses in any categories, subject to a maximum of 6 units, to fulfil the Free Electives requirement.
Requirements
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units |
| Major Required Courses (30 units) | ||
| TRAN2005 Principles and Methods of Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2006 Linguistics for Translators | 3 units | |
| TRAN2027 Practical Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3007 Culture and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3016 Professional Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN3036 Beginning Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4005 Theories and Philosophies I | 3 units | |
| TRAN4007 Appreciation, Criticism and Evaluation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4037 Translation and Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN4046 Placement Portfolio I | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (24 units) | ||
| Eight of the following courses: | ||
| TRAN1005 Introduction To Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2007 Research Methods for Translation Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN2015 Communication and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2016 English for Translators II: Written Genres | 3 units | |
| TRAN2017 Reading Chinese Literature in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2025 Translating Across Media | 3 units | |
| TRAN2026 Contrastive Language Studies: English and Chinese | 3 units | |
| TRAN3005 English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure and Style | 3 units | |
| TRAN3026 Media Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3027 Spanish/Chinese Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3035 Introduction to Computer-aided Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3036 Beginning Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN3037 Intermediate Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN3045 Drama and Film Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3046 Introduction to Localization | 3 units | |
| TRAN4006 Theories and Philosophies II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4015 Gender and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4025 Legal and Government Document Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4026 Literary Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4027 Special Topic(s) in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4035 Translation of Scientific and Technological Texts | 3 units | |
| TRAN4036 Translation, Publishing and Global Circulation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4045 Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation and Intertextuality | 3 units | |
| TRAN4047 Translation Workshop | 3 units | |
| TRAN4055 Comparative Topics in Chinese/Hispanic Cultures | 3 units | |
| TRAN4056 Community Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4057 Conference Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4066 Placement Portfolio II | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| TRAN4898 Honours Project (Translation/Thesis) | 3 units | |
| TRAN4899 Honours Project (Translation/Thesis) | 3 units | |
| III. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V. | Free Electives | 37 units |
| 128 units | ||
