MA British Sign Language / English Interpreting & Translation

The British Sign Language/English Interpreting PGDip/MA course at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) offers a platform for a rewarding career supporting Deaf people's communication in a wide variety of contexts. This unique course brings a broad perspective to language, communication, and cosmopolitan perspectives on professional practice.Course Content: This course combines competent language use, interpreting skills, introduction to alternative and augmentative communication and an underpinning theoretical framework. Research methods and ethics are integrated across the course, helping students acquire skills for undertaking a research project or dissertation in British Sign Language (BSL) / English interpreting. Key Modules: The modules include Advanced Interpreting Skills, Introduction to Interpreting Studies, Deafhood: liberation and resistance, Theorising Interpreting Studies, Memorising Strategies for consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting, and Completing Interpreting Studies, among others. These modules aim at enhancing the skills necessary for BSL/ English interpreting.Accreditations: At present, there are no accreditations mentioned for this specific course.Future Careers: This qualification can lead to a diverse range of fulfilling careers such as specialist teachers of Deaf learners, leaders in the Deaf community, sign language teachers, interpreters, and communicators to Deafblind people. Moreover, it can facilitate employment in policy-making roles at national and international levels.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.