FIRST
YEAR

FALL

ENG 101: English and Composition I

GE 100: Orientation

TRIN 111: Current Affairs for Translators in French

TRIN 121: Introduction to Translation in English

TRIN 133: Texts and Composition in French I

TRIN 191: Turkish for Translators

TURK 101: Turkish I

SPRING

CS 121: Introduction to Computer Applications and Programming

ENG 102: English and Composition II

TRIN 112: French-Turkish Translation

TRIN 122: English-Turkish Translation

TRIN 134: Texts and Composition in French II

TURK 102: Turkish II

SECOND
YEAR

FALL

COMD 358: Professional Communication

GE 250: Collegiate Activities Program I

HUM 111: Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas I

TRIN 212: Technology for Translators

TRIN 221: Translation Studies I

TRIN 227: British and American Cultures and Civilizations

TURK 267: Sight Translation I

SPRING

GE 251: Collegiate Activities Program II

HUM 112: Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas II

TRIN 222: Translation Studies II

TRIN 228: French Culture and Civilization

TRIN 241: Translation of Economic and Financial Texts

TRIN 242: Specialized Translation II: Localization

TURK 268: Sight Translation II

THIRD
YEAR

FALL

MATH 103: Thinking Mathematically I

TRIN 321: Note-taking and Consecutive Interpretation in English

TRIN 323: Note-taking and Consecutive Interpretation in French

TRIN 341: Translation of Legal Texts

TRIN 373: Translation Profession

SPRING

HIST 200: History of Turkey

TRIN 364: Literary Translation (English-Turkish)

TRIN 366: Literary Translation (French-Turkish)

TRIN 399: Common European Framework

Science Core Elective

Social Science Core Elective

FOURTH
YEAR

FALL

TRIN 390: Summer Practice

Specialization Elective I

Advanced Specialization Elective I

Arts Core Elective

General Elective

Restricted Elective

SPRING

TRIN 473: Advanced Turkish Communication

TRIN 490: Capstone Project

Specialization Elective II

Advanced Specialization Elective II

Restricted Elective

The undergraduate program provides fourth-year students to choose between two specialized tracks of study: translation or interpretation. 

Candidates for the interpretation track must fulfill the department’s requirements to take the aptitude exam administrated by the department’s exam committee in the beginning of the fourth-year. Students in both tracks must complete research projects.

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVE I

TRIN 462 English-French Translation Workshop II

TRIN 464 Professional Communication for Interpreters

TRIN 465 Audiovisual Translation

TRIN 467 Methodology in Translation Criticism

TRIN 469 Community Interpreting

TRIN 487 Interpreting for Public Services

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVE II

TRIN 470 Translation for EU and International Institutions

TRIN 474 Interpreting for Public Services

TRIN 481 Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpretation Techniques

TRIN 484 Simultaneous Interpretation II: Fieldwork+Projectwork

TRIN 485 Translation workshop for EU texts and official documents

TRIN 486 Translation project for official texts and documents

RESTRICTED ELECTIVES

AMER 303 Film Studies in American Culture to 1960

AMER 384 American Novel From 1900

COMD 203 Media Studies I

COMD 210 Introduction to Screenwriting

ECON 103 Principles of Economics

EDEB 401 Introduction to Turkish Literature I

EDEB 402 Introduction to Turkish Literature II

ELIT 230 Fiction and Narrative

FA 361 Philosophy of Art I

HART 225 Cultural Anthropology

HCIV 101 History of Civilization I

IR 101 Introduction to World Politics

IR 335 International Relations Theory

LAW 210 Basic Concepts of Law (in Turkish)

PHIL 101 Introduction to Logic

PHIL 306 Philosophy of Language

PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology

TRIN 207 Language of Journalism

TRIN 336 Introduction to Simultaneous Interpretation

TRIN 339 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (in French)

TRIN 343 Translating Children’s Literature

TRIN 406 Translating Arts and Culture

ADVANCED SPECIALIZATION I

TRIN 461 English-French Translation Workshop I

TRIN 468 Conference Interpreting

TRIN 477 Advanced Terminology Studies

ADVANCED SPECIALIZATION II

TRIN 480 Audiovisual Translation

TRIN 486 Translation project for official texts and documents

TRIN 488 Simultaneous Interpreting

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