Domain of Study
Domain of Study
The tabulation of the themes above is a scheme that indicates to you the linkages across the major’s curricula offered by the Faculty.
Theme 1 (Language Acquisition) is wide-ranging and includes the ‘core’ features that the major has.
Theme 2 (Translation Proper) focuses on professional work practices that provide students in effect specialized but transferable skills. It should be noted that skills acquisitions in these courses are grounded in analysis and reflection and they are an integral part of the courses and have interlinks with other themes in the major.
Theme 3 (Translation Theories) is embedded in all core and major courses as it constitutes the cornerstone of the specialism.
Theme 4 (Study of Language) emphasizes the form, meaning, and behavior of words, as well as the formation of terms and their use, in addition to structure and syntax.
Theme 5 (Translation-Technology) provides an insight into the latest developments in automated translation, computer-aided translation, and computational linguistics.
The thematic scheme illustrated above is also designed to provide students of the Department with a clear guide about the scope and aims of the major. It enables them to have accessible and intelligible ways for the selecting the appropriate courses towards their major. The thematic scheme also helps students to recognize their learning objectives, links and integration across the major syllabus, and additional means for guiding them in course selection and specialization.
The syllabi themes are the unique perspectives that shape the courses. They represent a determinant feature that creates the distinguishing features of the Translation and Languages major offered to MU’s students. These are discussed in more detail below.
The Table of Study Domains below demonstrates the balanced distribution of the courses across the domains of specialization mapped out in terms of levels of learning outcomes (Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3) and progress over the study period leading to obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in the Translation and Languages Department.