Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish/English Translation and Interpretation

The certificate program prepares advanced Spanish students for further study, national certification exams, and/or future employment in these growing fields.  The certificate program combines theoretical and applied course work with applied practice in the community, allowing students to hone their skills in a specialization of their choice or to apply for the certificate in general translation and interpretation.  Students with advanced level Spanish and English skills who are concentrating in liberal arts or professional programs as well as other majors are encouraged to apply.

Certification through this program requires 24 credits, distributed as shown below, and successful completion of a comprehensive exit exam.  Students may enroll in this program and take courses while enrolled in another undergraduate program at the university.  The eight-course sequence focuses on the knowledge and skills needed for translation and interpretation in any field, including intensive grammar review, translation theories and approaches, research methods, computer-assisted translation tools, simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation, and sight translation.  Students receive further instruction in terminology related to their areas of interest in the Spanish for the Professions course and their internship.  The internship requires 150 clock hours of work including translation and/or interpretation practice. 

SPAN 300 and SPAN 301 Advanced Grammar and Writing (6 credits)

SPAN 401 Comparative Structures, SPAN 402 Language Issues in the Spanish-speaking World, or another course with approval of advisor  (3 credits)

SPAN 400 Spanish Translation (3 credits)

SPAN 404 Spanish Interpretation (3 credits)

SPAN 533 Spanish for the Professions, SPAN 414 Commercial Spanish, or another course with approval of advisor (3 credits)

SPAN 494 Spanish Translation and Interpretation Internship (3 credits)

An elective course selected from: SPAN 305, SPAN 311, SPAN 320, SPAN 321, SPAN 332, SPAN 401, SPAN 402, SPAN 414, SPAN 420, SPAN 421, SPAN 533, or FRLG/INTL 204 (Latinos)
   

For more information, contact the SWS Advising Office at 827-1111.