Translation Studies Minor

The Minor in Translation Studies provides students with insight into this multifaceted field and its many applications as a means of global exchange of ideas, knowledge, material goods, services, and technologies, across languages and cultures. It offers a foundational and scalable skill set which, combined with any other disciplinary objective, will maximize opportunities for employment and professionalization. Its three core courses impart the basic tenets of translation theory in tandem with tangible applications over the entire range of academic disciplines. Two elective courses, one in language and the other in the student’s primary area of study, establish direct links between the minor, language(s) and disciplines specific to each student.

Admission Requirements:

Intermediate proficiency in the language of translation specialization. May be fulfilled by taking a language proficiency exam through the Donato Center.

Requirements

Take the following courses: (9 units)

TRST 201 - Meaning in Transit: An Introduction to Translation Studies (3 units)
*’C” or better
TRST 301 - Translation: Ethics, Theory, and Practice (3 units)
*’C” or better
TRST 401 - Translation Workshop (3 units)

Electives:

Elective in Language (3 units)

Students who already possess advanced competency in their language of translation specialization may opt to take an evaluative exam through the Donato Center. Students who opt to take the evaluative exam can substitute the language elective with a second elective from their disciplinary major. Note that students who speak or work in languages that are not taught at CSULB or are only offered up to intermediate proficiency (i.e., Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese, etc.) may take TRST 400: Independent Language Study. This course allows students to study languages for which regular classroom instruction is not available.

ASLD 202 - American Sign Language 4 (4 units)
ASLD 305 - ASL Literature and Poetry (4 units)
ASLD 306 - American Sign Language Linguistics (3 units)
CHIN 301 - Advanced Chinese (3 units)
CHIN 302 - Advanced Chinese (3 units)
FREN 312 - French Composition in Context (3 units)
GERM 301 - Fiction and Fact: Short Texts (3 units)
GERM 302 - Language of the German Media (3 units)
GK 401 - Homer (3 units)
GK 402 - Plato (3 units)
ITAL 300 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (6 units)
ITAL 312A - Advanced Italian I (3 units)
ITAL 312B - Advanced Italian II (3 units)
JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese (3 units)
JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese (3 units)
LAT 401 - Vergil (3 units)
LAT 402 - Cicero (3 units)
RUSS 499 - Directed Studies in Russian (1-3 units)
SPAN 300 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (6 units)
TRST 400 - Independent Language Study (3 units)

Elective in Student’s Disciplinary Major (3 units)

Chosen in consultation with a Translation Studies Advisor. Note that the following is only a partial list of possible course selections, there are many other courses that may be recognized in this category, so please consult with a Translation Studies Advisor:

ACCT 351 - Federal Tax Law (4 units)
ART 311 - Writing about Visual Art (3 units)
CAFF 228 - Housing in Global Perspective (3 units)
IB 300 - International Business (3 units)
CDFS 409 - Language, Learning and the Developing Child: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 units)
CDFS 410 - International Families: Families in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 units)
CH E 200 - Chemical Engineering Fundamentals (3 units)
CRJU 301 - Criminal Courts and Judicial Processes (3 units)
DANC 200 - Ballet History in Western Culture (3 units)
DESN 268 - History and Theory of Sustainability in Design (3 units)
E T 309 - Industrial Communications and Leadership (3 units)
CINE 205 - Film History (3 units)
CINE 310 - The World and Culture Through Film (3 units)
CINE 316 - Mass Media and Popular Culture (3 units)
CINE 454 - Italian Cinema (3 units)
CINE 456 - French Cinema (3 units)
CINE 457 - German Cinema (3 units)
CINE 458 - Russian Cinema (3 units)
CINE 460 - Spanish Cinema (3 units)
FIN 300 - Business Finance (3 units)
FMD 355 - Fashion Buying (3 units)
FMD 455 - International Fashion Retailing (3 units)
FMD 457 - Global Sourcing for the Fashion Industry (3 units)
FREN 456 - French Cinema (3 units)
FREN 477 - French Literature of the Nineteenth Century (3 units)
GERM 430 - German Poetry (3 units)
GERM 458 - Road to Modernity (3 units)
GERM 480 - German Cinema (3 units)
GERN 200 - The Journey of Aging (3 units)
GERN 474 - Global Aging (3 units)
H SC 420 - Global Health (3 units)
HCA 422 - Global Issues in Health Services (3 units)
HCA 457 - Working Around the World (3 units)
HM 274 - International Hospitality Development (3 units)
I S 301 - Communication for Business Professionals (3 units)
ITAL 454 - Italian Cinema (3 units)
ITAL 462 - Italian Women Writers (3 units)
ITAL 476 - The Modern Italian Short Story (3 units)
KIN 201 - Introduction to Kinesiology (3 units)
LING 423 - Semantics (3 units)
MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 units)
MUS 290 - Popular Music in America (3 units)
NUTR 336 - Social and Cultural Aspects of Food and Health (3 units)
RUSS 310 - Russian Literature in English (3 units)
RUSS 428 - Russian Cinema (3 units)
SPAN 428 - Spanish Cinema (3 units)
SPAN 429 - Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry (3 units)
SPAN 455 - Hispanic Cinema of the Americas (3 units)
S W 220 - Introduction to Social Welfare (3 units)
S W 350 - Law, Court Decisions, and Policy Practice (3 units)
S W 351 - Social Policy: Formulation and Analysis (3 units)
THEA 221 - History of Theatre and Drama to 1660 (3 units)
THEA 222 - History of Theatre and Drama Since 1660 (3 units)
TRST 410 - Literary Translation in Transit (3 units)
TRST 435 - Psycholinguistics of Translation and Bilingualism (3 Units)
TRST 451 - Audiovisual Translation (3 units)
TRST 452 - Localization: Website, Software, App and Video Game Translation (3 units)
TRST 499 - Directed Study (1-3 units)