University of Texas System

Program Information

Degree Offered

Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting

Format: Online

Program Description:

The Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting is a 36 credit hour program offered by the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). The program will provide instruction in the translation of general and specialized texts from English into Spanish and vice versa at a professional level. This program also covers the latest field-related technologies to their production of translated texts.

Students in the program will become acquainted with Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting and will have the chance of deepening their knowledge and skills in these and other areas and subspecialties such as Legal, Medical and Finance Translation and Literary Translation. Practical and theoretical instruction will be provided in these sub modalities. Additional required courses will cover Translation Theory, Research in Translation Studies and Translation Project Management.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission requirements will ensure that only adequately prepared candidates access the program. These requirements include:

-Baccalaureate degree
-Undergraduate GPA of 3.0
-GRE Verbal
-GRE Analytical
-Personal interview (can be carried online via webcam)
-Letter of recommendation from the student’s undergraduate faculty advisor
-Satisfactory performance on the Spanish essay.
-Satisfactory performance essay on the translation of a document from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English.
-Spanish-language version administered by ETS of the Graduate Record Examination (which includes sections in both English and Spanish) will be considered on a case by case basis.

An undergraduate degree in Spanish is not required for admission into the program. The performance of the candidate on the admission essays will provide evidence of adequate background or preparation in Spanish, and the concomitant need for additional preparation prior to admission. Conditional admission may be granted where an applicant does not meet all of the desired criteria for admission.

Notification of decision on graduate admissions is made by the Office of Graduate Studies based on the admission criteria and recommendation of the academic department.

COURSES

Degree Requirements:
-Required Courses in Spanish Translation/Interpreting - 15 credit hours -Prescribed Electives - 15 credit hours
-Free Electives* - 6 credit hours
-TOTAL - 36 credit hours

All courses are offered by UT Brownsville.

Required Courses:
INTG 6376 Consecutive Interpreting
TRSP/SPAN 6320 Translation Workshop: English-Spanish
TRSP/SPAN 6322 Translation Workshop: Spanish-English
TRSP/SPAN 6330 Translation Theory
TRSP 6395 Translation/Research Project

Prescribed Elective Courses:
INTG 6377 Simultaneous Interpreting
INTG 6378 Court Interpreting
INTG 6379 Interpreting Practicum
TRSP/SPAN 6325 Specialized Translation
TRSP/SPAN 6331 Translation Technologies
TRSP/SPAN 6332 Business and Finance Translation
TRSP/SPAN 6334 Translation of Legal Texts
TRSP/SPAN 6335 Translation Topics
TRSP/SPAN 6340 Audiovisual Translation

*Free electives can be taken from other programs and fields or–as any other course up to a total of 12 credit hours—transferred from different institutions (which can be especially convenient for students taking the program completely online and taking courses at universities closer to their areas of residency). However, students willing to hone even further their skills and knowledge in Spanish Translation and Interpreting will be encouraged to take non-prescribed electives.

GETTING STARTED
To participate in the program you must apply to and be accepted by UT Brownsville.

Accreditation:

The University of Texas at Brownsville is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

# of Credits Required:

36

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: Yes

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Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Large City

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