Rapid Reading and Translation

Catalog description

Conducted in English, this course is designed to help graduate students gain proficiency in reading and translating texts from foreign languages for scholarly research. Class activities will include quizzes, translations and readings. The course can be taken in place of the Foreign Language Translation Exam required by the Departments of English and History. Students with any degree of knowledge of the language (including none) are welcome. The course will alternate between the languages offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, including French, Spanish and Italian. The credits for this course will not count towards graduation from the M.A. in English or History Programs.