2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Professional Language and Intercultural Studies

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

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School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Programme specification:

This programme offers a unique combination of intercultural (or cross-cultural) studies with the study of modern languages, including English. It aims to help students develop a broad understanding of the nature of contemporary relations between different cultural groups and hence the cultural sensitivity, together with the high-level communicative skills, needed for use in international professional settings or in further study of the field.

Intercultural Studies modules comprise ‘Skills and Issues in Intercultural Studies' which focuses on improving understanding of the processes and contexts of interaction between different peoples, and ‘English in International Communication' which examines the nature of language, and of English in particular, as both native tongue and lingua franca. Students also undertake a project/dissertation on a topic related to Intercultural Studies.

Professional Language modules ‘Methods and Approaches in Translation Studies’ and practical modules in a wide variety of language pairs (subject to passing level test/availability), and/or English for professional purposes modules (public speaking and document drafting).

Optional Centre for Translation Studies/MAPLIS modules include ‘Managing Business across Cultures’, ‘Introduction to Interpreting Skills’, ‘Introduction to Screen Translation’, ‘English for Translators’, and others. A wide variety of optional modules are also available in applied linguistics and in the history, culture and/or politics of the world’s regions, nations and ethnic groups. There is also a wide variety of foreign language modules at all levels to choose from.

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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Dissertation
Candidates must choose one of the following modules.

Professional Language Options
Candidates must select between 30 and 60 credits from the following modules:

NB. Students choosing modules in Specialised Translation (subject to availability/level test) are strongly encouraged to take MODL5001M Methods and Approaches in Translation Studies in conjunction with the ST modules. MODL5001M should not be taken in isolation from the Specialised Translation modules. In order to be able to take an ST module students must have taken and passed the corresponding translation test at application stage.

Further Options

Candidates must select between 0 and 60 credits from the following optional modules to bring their credit total for the year to 180. You may not select a module in this group that you have already selected for the professional language options above.

Please check carefully the prerequisites and other restrictions, including time table, of any module you chose from the optional modules list. Please also consider carefully whether you will have the appropriate level of background knowledge/prior training to take modules from other faculties.

Optional modules taken from other MA programmes are made available to MAPLIS students where places remain available after students enrolled on those other programmes have made their choices of options.

Other relevant options at MA level or final undergraduate level may also be allowed at the discretion of the Programme Managers. There are also numerous special skills elective modules in modern foreign languages at a variety of levels taught by the Language Centre that students may select from (search for the FLTU module code on the module catalogue).

Last updated: 05/08/2016

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