CHIN 7014A - MA(ITTC) Thesis - Advanced Part 1

This course (CHIN 7014A Pt1 & CHIN 7014B Pt 2) is a 12 unit Research Thesis course which is being taught across two consecutive Semesters and offers a pathway for those students who wish to proceed to a PhD in the Faculty. This Research Thesis is compulsory for the completion of Masters of Arts (Interpreting, Translation and Transcultural Communication) program, and should be undertaken in the final year of study. Students should consult the thesis course coordinator in the first instance for possible topics of research. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the Department of Asian Studies, students are encouraged to explore the broad range of academic field expertise the Department and the Faculty has to offer, namely Applied Linguistics, Literature, Translation, as well as Cultural Studies, Transcultural Communication, History, Politics and International Studies, and Sociology. In CHIN 7014A Part 1, student will be engaged in 6 units work (50% of final grade of the 12-unit Research Thesis component) in:- a) Annotated Bibliography; b) a formal Research Proposal presentation; c) final Research Proposal and d) first draft of thesis. In the second and final half of the course (CHIN 7014B Part 2), 6 unit points (50% of total grade) are allocated to the thesis with 14,000 – 16,000 English words in length (including footnotes but excluding the bibliography).