This course allows students to develop a sustained critical discussion or a creative/critical project in an area of the student's personal research interests within the field of Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication. A creative/critical project is understood as practice-based research and may include activities like a translation and commentary or another creative output and commentary.
 

Up to 6 hours of meetings with supervisor at times to be arranged with individual student.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Dissertation (may be critical or creative/critical) - (13,000 words) - 100%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the Dissertation, but an extension to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonably adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ equip students to develop and sustain an argument in an area of their personal research interests within the field of Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication 

■ develop students' translation and intercultural communication skills in the context of an extended body or portfolio of work 

■ promote student engagement with other scholarly, critical or theoretical arguments relevant to Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication 

■ encourage students to apply acquired practical and research skills to a supervised project 

■ lay the foundations for students to undertake further research at PhD level (if appropriate) 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ use and critically evaluate approaches, resources and other materials in Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication 

■ apply newly acquired detailed knowledge of and competence in their chosen language area 

■ write a substantial piece of critical or critical/creative written work in clear and appropriate language relevant to the academic / vocational context 

■ effectively apply bibliographic skills appropriate to the academic context 

■ organise their time and work so as to explore research questions and present conclusions clearly