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18 September 2017 18 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Area of study

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySchool of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Campus(es)Clayton

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Expert supervision is available in the fields of translation history, translation and interpreting theory, translation and interpreting pedagogy, literary and cultural translation, gender studies and intercultural studies.

Supervision is available for the following languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Units

2846 Master of Arts by Research and Coursework

The entry below only details the coursework component of this degree. For all requirements including the research/thesis component refer to the full course entry.

This program will enable students to focus their studies around a research thesis in translation/interpreting studies. The coursework component is designed to encourage the study of theoretical issues and practical application relating to translation/interpreting studies to broaden and deepen the students' understanding of this discipline, thereby providing a fuller appreciation of the context in which the research project will be conceptualised.

Units

Students complete 24 points at fifth year level from:

  • APG5874 Technology and translation
  • APG5876 Theoretical issues in literary and cultural translation
  • APG5877 Research project in translation/interpreting studies
  • APG5878 Dissertation in translation/interpreting (24 points)
  • APG5689 Major translation project (24 points)

Students may also take other fifth-year units in related areas, for example comparative literature or applied linguistics, with the approval of the course coordinator.

Course coordinator: Dr Rita Wilson

Further courses

For a list of units in this area of study refer to the requirements for courses listed under 'Relevant courses'.

Relevant courses

  • 2695 Master of Arts*
  • 3921 Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies
  • 2846 Master of Arts by research and coursework
  • 0020 Doctor of Philosophy*

* By research.