Curriculum

The MATI program has three curricular components:

  • Common core courses
  • Courses in one of the following specialized tracks
    • Translation
    • Interpreting
  • Culminating experience
    • Thesis
    • Applied project

  • TRST 500: Theory and Practice of Translation and Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 551: Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling (3 units)
  • TRST 601: Translation and Interpreting Technologies (3 units)
  • TRST 610: Professional Standards and Workflows in Translation and Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 696: Research Methods (3 units)
  • TRST 698: Thesis (3 units; taken twice for a total of 6 units)

Required Courses (9 units)

  • TRST 553: Audiovisual Translation: Dubbing (3 units)
  • TRST 540: Specialized Translation (3 units)
  • TRST 552: Localization (3 units)

Electives (6 units)

  • TRST 510: Digital Tools for Literary Translation (3 units)
  • TRST 535: Psycholinguistics of Translation and Bilingualism (3 units)
  • TRST 554: Access Services (3 units; course activation expected in Fall 2027)
  • TRST 594: Internship (3 units)
  • TRST 599: Directed Study (1–3 units)
  • LING 501: Corpus Linguistics (3 units)
  • LING 522: Discourse Analysis (3 units)
  • LING 523: Semantics (3 units)
  • FREN 560: The Art of Translation (3 units)
  • ITAL 560: Exploring Italian Translation (3 units)
  • RGR 603: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (3 units)

Required Courses (9 units)

  • TRST 560: Skills for Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 561: Consecutive Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 562: Simultaneous Interpreting (3 units)

Electives (6 units)

  • TRST 563: Medical Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 564: Legal Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 565: Community Interpreting (3 units)
  • TRST 566: Educational Interpreting (3 units; course activation expected in Fall 2027)
  • TRST 594: Internship (3 units)
  • TRST 599: Directed Study (1–3 units)
  • LING 522: Discourse Analysis (3 units)
  • LING 523: Semantics (3 units)

Students in the MA in Translation and Interpreting complete either a master’s thesis or an applied project as their culminating experience.

A master’s thesis is research-focused and theoretical in orientation. Possible topics might include an analysis of translation strategies in audiovisual media, a study of interpreting practices in a particular professional setting, or research on the use of language technologies in translation and interpreting.

An applied project is practice-oriented and includes a written component that contextualizes and documents the project while demonstrating the student’s analytical skills. Examples might include developing and documenting a localization project, producing an annotated translation or audiovisual translation project, or designing terminology resources and workflows for a specialized field.

Students develop the topic and scope of either option in consultation with faculty advisors.