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Languages and Culture Studies: Translating, Graduate Certificate – Online

Program Overview

Are you ready to put your language fluency to work in today’s multilingual, globally-focused world? Gain the skills needed to work in a broad range of areas and function as a translator in areas such as medical, legal, business and education.

The Department of Languages and Culture Studies offers a Graduate Certificate in Languages and Culture Studies: Translating with options in five language pairs: English-French, English-German, English-Japanese, English-Russian, and English-Spanish. Students complete the required 12 graduate credit hours in two to three semesters, and may begin the program in either the fall or spring semester.

Students will study the history, theory, methodology, and profession of translation; work intensively in the analysis and translation of different types of discourse, including non-literary and literary texts; become familiar with computer-assisted translation; and develop advanced post-editing skills. Graduate level coursework may also include special topics courses in translation and up to three credit hours of professional internship credit in translating.

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Languages and Culture Studies: Translating, Graduate Certificate at a Glance

The program is 100% online and designed to be flexible for working professionals hoping to continue their education. The Graduate Certificate in Languages and Culture Studies can be completed in one semester if enrolled full-time, and two to three semesters if enrolled part-time.

Delivery
Online
Credits
12 Credit Hours
Admits
Spring & Fall

Translating is done in both directions of a given language pair:

Courses

Select two of the following:

Language-Specific Translation Courses

*By permission of the department a student may substitute one of the core courses not taken previously or another course such as TRAN 6900: Special Topics or TRAN 6480: Professional Internship for three (3) credit hours.

Transfer Credit: Three credit hours of coursework may be considered for possible transfer into the certificate program if approved by the Department of Languages and Culture Studies. Nine of the 12 credit hours for the Graduate Certificate must be taken at UNC Charlotte.

Admissions & Requirements

The certificate application does not require GRE or MAT scores.

Students may apply as Early Entry, graduate, and post-graduate students; post-baccalaureate students may apply but will have to submit a second application before completing six credit hours.

Note: Students interested in adding this Graduate Certificate to the M.A. in Spanish must apply separately for the certificate program. One application does not cover both programs.

Application Deadlines
Tuition

Resident Tuition: $288.82 per credit hour

Outside of NC Non-Resident: $536.98 per credit hour

Non Resident Tuition: $1,098.21 per credit hour

Please note: Rates are subject to change.