Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) Dean's Scholars

Western Sydney University

About

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

The course consists of a key field of study in Interpreting or Translation and a major in language.

Students complete a period of professional practical experience and sit for capstone examinations which qualify them to seek Certification by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters [NAATI].Students in 1692 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) Dean's Scholars 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 1692 Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) Dean’s Scholars 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 10cp unit from the Linguistics or Language pool units or from any unit in 1706 Bachelor of Arts.

B Arts 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

100960 - Contemporary Society

100968 - Texts and Traditions

100958 - Australia and the World

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

Dean’s Scholars Pool Units

Students in the Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) Dean’s Scholars not undertaking the Bachelor of Applied Leadership and Critical Thinking (BALCT) must complete at least 20 credit points from the following Dean’s Scholars pool units

Code	Name
102211	Creativity, Innovation and Design Thinking

Code	Name
102250	Ethical Leadership

Code	Name
301072	Innovation Lab

Code	Name
102193	International Special Study

Code	Name
101173	Internship

Code	Name
102212	Internship and Community Engagement

Code	Name
301071	Introduction to Critical Thinking

Code	Name
200855	Leadership in a Complex World

Code	Name
301070	Logic, Rhetoric and Argumentation

Code	Name
301069	Research Stories

Students in the Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) Dean’s Scholars also undertaking the Bachelor of Applied Leadership and Critical Thinking (BALCT) must complete 20 credit points from the following pool:

Code	Name
100961	Humanities Internship

Code	Name
102193	International Special Study

Code	Name
101173	Internship

Code	Name
102742	Study Tours

The unit listed below is equivalent to 102742 Study Tours for students who passed this unit in 2019 or earlier.

102522 - International Study Tours

Languages and English Consolidation Pool

Students must complete 40 credit points from this pool (any combination of Level 3 language units and English units listed below)

Language unit must be completed at Level 3 – Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Spanish.

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

Full-time

Code	Name
100195	Introduction to Translation

Code	Name
101945	Introduction to Linguistics

Code	Name
102735	Foundations of Academic English

One unit from the Language and English Consolidation pool (Language units must be Level 3)

Code	Name
100194	Introduction to Interpreting

Code	Name
102737	Thinking Critically About Texts and Society

Code	Name
102738	Australian Politics and Active Citizenship

One unit from the Language and English Consolidation pool (Language units must be Level 3)

Code	Name
102736	Diversity, Language and Culture

Two Interpreting and Translation pool units

One Dean’s Scholars Pool unit

Two Interpreting and Translation pool units

One Linguistics pool unit

One Dean’s Scholars Pool unit

One Interpreting and Translation pool unit

Two Linguistics pool units

One unit from the Language and English Consolidation pool (Language units must be Level 3)

Code	Name
102550	Preparation for NAATI Certification (UG)

Code	Name
101944	Interpreting and Translation Professional Practicum (UG)

One Interpreting and Translation pool unit

One unit from the Language and English Consolidation pool (Language units must be Level 3)

Institution