LANGUAGE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

This course offers an introduction to the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques of project management and applies these concepts within the language industry context. The language industry is predominantly outsourced, digitized and project based, which means that regardless of the career path on which you embark, translation and localization projects have a major influence on your role and how you conduct your work. This course provides students with an analytical framework, as well as pragmatic tools and techniques to navigate work within the industry and build broadly applicable expertise throughout time. After all, project management is the “art and science of getting stuff done.” Project management not only equips students with the tools to get work done and lead and manage diverse teams of people effectively, but also helps them build an understanding of the core concepts and dynamics of projects. This is true regardless of whether you work within the language industry or another profession entirely.