Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation)

Western Sydney University

About

This course is designed to provide students with appropriate training and theoretical background to equip them to work as professional interpreters and/or translators.

The course consists of a key field of study in Interpreting and Translation and a major in language, linguistics and cultural studies.

Students also complete a period of professional practical experience and sit for capstone examinations which qualify them to seek Certification by the National Accreditation Authority for Translation and Interpreters [NAATI].Students in 1519 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) may qualify for the alternate exit course 1813 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation Studies).

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Note: Students in 1519 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) who do not complete unit 102550 Preparation for NAATI Certification (UG) may qualify for the alternate exit course 1813 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation Studies) by completing any additional 10 credit point unit from the Linguistics or Language pool units or from any unit in 1706 Bachelor of Arts.

BA Core units (40 credit points)

Code	Name
102738	Australian Politics and Active Citizenship

Code	Name
102737	Thinking Critically About Texts and Society

Code	Name
102736	Diversity, Language and Culture

Code	Name
102735	Foundations of Academic English

The core units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.

100846 - Analytical Reading and Writing

100958 - Australia and the World

100960 - Contemporary Society

100968 - Texts and Traditions

Interpreting and Translation Pool

Students must complete 60 credit points from the Interpreting and Translation pool

Code	Name
100191	Community Translation (UG)

Code	Name
100193	Interpreting Skills

Code	Name
100196	Legal Interpreting (UG)

Code	Name
100197	Medical Interpreting (UG)

Code	Name
100198	Specialised Translation (UG)

Code	Name
102523	Text Analysis for Translation (UG)

Code	Name
101302	Translation Technologies

Linguistics Pool

Students must complete 30 credit points of Linguistics pool units from the Bachelor of Arts

Code	Name
M1119	Linguistics

Languages and English Consolidation Pool

Students must complete 60 credit points from this pool (any combination of Level 3 language units and English units listed below)

Code	Name
102438	English as an International Language

Code	Name
102439	English Language Analysis

Code	Name
102476	English Language Linguistics

Code	Name
102739	Multiliteracies

Please note:

The unit listed below counts towards completion of the 60 credit points from this pool for students who passed this unit in 2019 or earlier.

102414 - Working Grammar

Click the link below to refer to the Level 3 Arabic language pool from the Bachelor of Arts

Code	Name
M1059	Arabic

Click the link below to refer to the Level 3 Chinese language pool from the Bachelor of Arts

Code	Name
M1060	Chinese

Click the link below to refer to the Level 3 Japanese language pool from the Bachelor of Arts

Code	Name
M1062	Japanese

Some units below need to be completed cross-institutionally as they are no longer available at Western Sydney University

Code	Name
101953	Spanish 301

Code	Name
101954	Spanish 302

Code	Name
100153	Spanish 303: Advanced Writing Skills

Code	Name
100154	Spanish 304: Advanced Speaking Skills

Code	Name
100155	Spanish 305: Contemporary Literature

Code	Name
100156	Spanish 306: Contemporary History

Code	Name
100157	Spanish 307: Classical Literature

Code	Name
100158	Spanish 308: Spanish Sociolinguistics

Code	Name
101950	Intercultural Communication

Code	Name
100201	Special Study in Languages and Linguistics

Code	Name
101791	Short Fiction in the Americas

Recommended Sequence