Degree Programs

Ph.D. in the Humanities / M.A. in the Humanities
Graduate Students at UTD may pursue the study of translation through both creative and critical work.

For creative projects at both the Masters and Doctoral levels, students prepare a translation project (in any genre) and accompany it with an extensive critical and scholarly essay that consists of three distinct parts: a contextualization of the author or authors in a national and international literature; a presentation of an overall interpretive discussion of the works under consideration; and a discussion of specific problems (and their solutions) the student encountered in translating the texts.

For more information on creative theses, see the Arts and Humanities website.

Critical approaches to Translation Studies find a fertile ground in the School of Arts and Humanities. The school has strengths in American, European, and Latin American literatures. The interdisciplinary structure of the school provides a variety of perspectives on the international circulation of literature and ideas. Past dissertation projects have focused on the translator as a model for borderland writers, and the history of English-language anthologies of Latin American literature.