MSc Translation and Intercultural Studies Dissertation MODLANG5033P

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Credits: 60
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Summer
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

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. 

 

Timetable

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

Requirements of Entry

Standard entry to Masters at College level.

 

To be eligible to progress to the dissertation/project, the student must achieve a grade point average of at least 12.0 in the taught courses of the MSc in Translation and Intercultural Communication programme (120 credits), with not more than 25% of the credits at grade E and none of the credits at grade G-H.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

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

Course Aims

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) 

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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 

 

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's

summative assessment.