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Master in English Studies - Vistula University (VU)
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Master in English Studies - Vistula University (VU)

Vistula University
WarsawPoland
On campus
Full-time
€1,750.00/year
 525 Points
Duration
2 Years
Language
English

Program Description

The master in English Studies at Vistula University is addressed to people who are planning to work in international structures, who are interested in new media, who want to be actively involved in cultural life and discussions on social problems, who want to become professional translators of specialist texts or editors of foreign language texts in the media.

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Specialties

Translations

You will gain key translation skills, and expand your knowledge of the techniques and strategies of translation as well as the most important cultural aspects of working with a text. Classes will prepare you for written and oral translations, with the use of CAT tools as well as for work with specialist languages.

Cultural Studies, Literary Studies and Media Studies

You will gain professional information about media as well as the culture and literature of the English language area. Classes will prepare you to successfully operate in the broadly understood domain of culture, combining knowledge from different areas, including theoretical basis and practical applications, promoting social tolerance and sensitivity as well as developing the skills of critical thinking and analysis along with a creative approach to subjects.

Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Critical Arguments in Cultural Discourse

Advanced Practical Grammar of English Language

Contemporary Anglophone Novels After 1960

Colonial and Post-colonial British History and Culture

Business Communication 1

Close Reading and Textual Analysis

Understanding and Engaging with Popular Culture

Visual Culture and Media Language

Intellectual Property in Academia

Occupational Health and Safety Z

Library Training

Semester 2

Rhetorics, Argumentation, and Debate

Creative Reading and Critical Writing

Film Histories

Business Communication 2

Proseminar MA

Organizing and Presenting Research Projects

Evolution of Media and Social Communication

Elective 1

Elective 2

Internship Consultations

Student internship

Literature, Culture and Media Studies:
New Readings of Key Texts in Anglophone Cultures
Media and Social Change

Translation Studies:
Cultural Aspects of Translation
Specialist translation: Translating for Film

Year 2

Semester 3

MA Seminar 1

Introduction to Media and New Media Studies

Contemporary Theories of the Text

World Literatures in Conversation: connections and collisions

Cultural studies in cross-cultural communication

Elective 3

Elective 4

Internship Consultations

Student internship

Literature, Culture and Media Studies:
Literature and Visual Arts
Visual Culture and Gender

Translation Studies:
Translation as Intercultural Communication
Specialist translation: Interpreting

Semester 4

Elective 5

Elective 6

MA Seminar 2

Elective 7

Critical Thinking and Discourse Analysis

Film Adaptations of Literary Works

Student internship

Literature, Culture and Media Studies:
Introduction to Game Studies
Film Studies in Context
Studies in the Narrative & Storytelling

Translation Studies:
Approaches to Literary Translation
CAT Tools
Specialist translation: Legal and Business context

Jobs - Careers

  • Teacher in a school or a foreign-languages-teaching centre
  • Editor of English language portals or press
  • Organiser and Manager of cultural events
  • Translation office
  • Publishing branch
  • Media
  • Branch of tourism and entertainment
  • International firms and corporations
  • State and non-governmental organizations, in educational institutions
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