Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MA

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) an overall grade of 2:2 and above

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 7.0 overall (with a minimum component score of 5.5 except for 6.5 in writing) CAE: C

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. Reference should be written on official letterhead, signed and dated. Please upload it in the Documents section. CV

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=PG00835&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Principles of Translation and Interpreting
Technologies of Translation
Dissertation
Translation Portfolio I (French) (optional)
Translation Portfolio II (French) (optional)
Translation Portfolio I (German) (optional)
Translation Portfolio II (German) (optional)
Translation Portfolio I (Portuguese) (optional)
Translation Portfolio II (Portuguese) (optional)
Translation Portfolio I (Spanish) (optional)
Translation Portfolio II (Spanish) (optional)
Translation Portfolio I (Italian) (optional)
Translation Portfolio II (Italian) (optional)
Writing the Novel (optional)
Memory Maps: Practices in Psychogeography (optional)
The Tale: Tellings and Re-Tellings (optional)
Dramatic Structure (optional)
Literature and Performance in the Modern City (optional)
Early Modern to Eighteenth Century Literature (optional)
Georgian and Romantic Literature and Drama (optional)
Adaptation (optional)
Documentary and the Avant-garde: Film, Video, Digital (optional)
Film and Video Production Workshop (optional)
Advanced Film and Industry: Production and Industry (optional)
US Nationalism and Regionalism (optional)
African American Literature (optional)
Sea of Lentils: Modernity, Literature, and Film in the Caribbean (optional)
Writing Magic (optional)
“There is a Continent Outside My Window” : United States and Caribbean Literatures in Dialogue (optional)
Literature and the Environmental Imagination: 19th to 21st Century Poetry and Prose (optional)

Career opportunities

You develop a range of key employability skills including researching, writing for specific purposes, and translation. Our course typically leads to a career in translation, but could also lead to a career in education, publishing and administration.