The Minor in Translation Studies is a 4-course (16-credit) minor. Courses may be taken in NYC or at Global Academic Centers. Up to one course may be double-counted for the minor.
There are three categories of courses:
1. Introductory course (4 credits). Students will take one of two options for the introductory course:
Global Liberal Studies
- Global Topics: Translation across the Disciplines (previously offered in GLS as Global Topics: Introduction to Translation Studies, GT-UF 201-001) explores a range of contexts and practices that have informed translation studies scholarship. To be offered annually, and next in Spring 2023.
OR
Comparative Literature
Translation Theory: Comparative Approaches and Case Studies introduces students to the key theoretical debates that have shaped the field. To be offered annually beginning in the 2023-24 academic year.
2. An elective GLS or Comparative Literature course focusing on translation theory and/or practice (4 credits). Students will take at least one course from among the options below.
Global Liberal Studies
- Advanced Writing Studio: Translation and Difference
- Creative Writing Studio
- Global Topics: Indigeneity Today
- Global Topics: Migration, Language, Identity
- Global Topics: The Treasonous Art of Literary Translation
- Global Topics: World Poetry
- Senior Seminar: The Global Go-Between: Translation Studies Seminar
- Senior Seminar: Multilingualism and Society
Comparative Literature
- Force of Law, Colonial Violence and the Politics of Translation (Emily Apter and Benjamin Baer)
- Translating a Discipline/Theorizing Untranslatables (Emily Apter)
- What Makes a Translation Good? (Ulrich Baer)
- Translation Studies in Arab Cultures (Hala Halim)
- Translation and the Mediterranean (Hala Halim)
- Translation Through Chinese Literature (Todd Foley)
- Translation at the Limits (Poetics and Theoory) (Zakir Paul)
- Translating Knowledge Alphabets Across Media (Emily Apter and Alexander Galloway, MCC)
- Translation Across Media: The Case of Radical Theater in South Africa (Mark Sanders)
3. Eight (8) additional credits drawn EITHER from the above list of GLS and Comparative Literature electives OR from the below list of approved electives offered in collaborating units. This list will continue to expand as more courses are approved or developed. Please check host department sites or contact Directors of Undergraduate Studies for information about scheduling and prerequisites.
ARTS & SCIENCE
French Literature, Thought and Culture
- French Translation
- Advanced Techniques of Translation
German
- Techniques of Translation
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
- Yiddish in America
- Yiddish Literature and Translation
- Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation
- Bible as Literature
Italian Studies
- Language, Culture, and Identity in Italy
- Translation
- New Trends in 21st Century Italian Literature
- Translingual Writing in Italian
Linguistics
- Language and Society
- Sex, Gender, and Language
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- Literature and Society in the Middle East
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
- Techniques of Translations
- Advanced Translation Workshop