Programme structure: Translation and Intercultural Studies (MA) - what's running in 2039/40

Please note: Programme and unit information may change as the relevant academic field develops. We may also make changes to the structure of programmes and assessments to improve the student experience, occasionally this includes not running units if they are not viable.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Mandatory Units:
Research Methods in Translation and Interdisciplinary Studies MODLM0086 20 Mandatory TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis MODLM0089 20 Mandatory TB-1
Language, Ethics and Communication MODLM0090 20 Mandatory TB-1
Dissertation MODLM0091 60 Mandatory AYEAR
If you wish, you can choose a pathway and take all units within the relevant pathway list, or you can do a general Translation and Intercultural Studies MA and choose from any of the optional units.
Choose 60 credits from the following units:
Translation for Subtitling MODLM0009 20 Optional TB-2
Game Localization MODLM0028 20 Optional TB-2
Translation and International Film Distribution MODLM0040 20 Optional TB-2
Supervised Individual Study MODLM0049 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Queer Lives MODLM0070 20 Optional TB-2
Audio description and technologies for museum accessibility MODLM0072 20 Optional TB-2
Cross-Cultural Communication and Commercial Interpreting MODLM0077 20 Optional TB-2
AI Translation in Society MODLM0092 20 Optional TB-2
Theories and Practice of Literary Translation MODLM0087 20 Optional TB-2
Independent Placement MODLM0088 20 Optional TB-2
Anthropology of Disability and Difference ARCHM0083 20 Optional TB-2
Critical Issues in Contemporary Publishing ENGLM0076 20 Optional TB-2
Translation and Intercultural Studies (Literary Translation)
Theories and Practice of Literary Translation MODLM0087 20 Optional TB-2
Choose 40 credits from the followng units:
Supervised Individual Study MODLM0049 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Critical Issues in Contemporary Publishing ENGLM0076 20 Optional TB-2
Independent Placement MODLM0088 20 Optional TB-2
Translation and Intercultural Studies (Media and Accessibility)
Theories and Practice of Literary Translation MODLM0087 20 Optional TB-2
AI Translation in Society MODLM0092 20 Optional TB-2
Choose 20 credits from the following units:
Translation for Subtitling MODLM0009 20 Optional TB-2
Game Localization MODLM0028 20 Optional TB-2
Translation and International Film Distribution MODLM0040 20 Optional TB-2
Supervised Individual Study MODLM0049 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Audio description and technologies for museum accessibility MODLM0072 20 Optional TB-2
Independent Placement MODLM0088 20 Optional TB-2
Anthropology of Disability and Difference ARCHM0083 20 Optional TB-2
Critical Issues in Contemporary Publishing ENGLM0076 20 Optional TB-2
Translation and Intercultural Studies (Technology and Society)
AI Translation in Society MODLM0092 20 Optional TB-2
Choose 40 credits from the followng units:
Translation for Subtitling MODLM0009 20 Optional TB-2
Game Localization MODLM0028 20 Optional TB-2
Supervised Individual Study MODLM0049 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Audio description and technologies for museum accessibility MODLM0072 20 Optional TB-2
Cross-Cultural Communication and Commercial Interpreting MODLM0077 20 Optional TB-2
Independent Placement MODLM0088 20 Optional TB-2
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Award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on the award of credit, reassessment and award of a qualification please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

A classification will be awarded in the following qualifications:

  • Taught postgraduate Masters degree, including a Master of Research (MRes)
  • Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications
  • Exit awards of Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates in designated programmes (as described in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

A classification is not awarded for exit awards where students are required to withdraw from the programme on academic grounds.

The overall final programme mark is calculated as the average of all unit marks in the programme, weighted by credit point value.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

  • Distinction = final programme mark of 70+
  • Merit = final programme mark of 60-69
  • Pass = final programme mark of 50-59
  • Fail = final programme mark of 49 or less

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

Diploma/certificate stages:

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 100 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.

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