MA Translation (distance learning)

Paulinho Fonseca wrote:

Hi
I used moodle in a Grad course in tourism in Brazil. It took me 3 years and the platform was efficient all the time.

By the way, you gave me the info I was looking for.

Many thanks.

Paulinho Fonseca

dgm102 wrote:

Hi Paulinho,

Thanks for you input. I asked the same question to the course administrator and he said ht should be ok because learning materials are delivered online, participation in forums also counts towards assessment, etc. What I think is that after all, education is a business so they're not going to tell me 'don't do it'.

I know that a lot of material is available through Moodle, but what happens with good old reading lists? I know most academic journals are online now, but surely access to books is also important. I can't imagine having to write a dissertation without ever stepping into the university library.

I hope to get some more input from other people, perhaps someone who has taken the same MA in the past while living abroad.

Thanks.
D.

dgm102 wrote:

Thanks Elizabeth,

I've actually started looking into the course offered at Bristol too. I didn't know that they offer the possibility of translating an 8,000-10,000 word text instead of doing a research-based dissertation. This sounds great!

I'm guessing that you did your MA part-time? How did you find the workload?

Iseulth wrote:

Hi, I am hoping to start this Master on a part-time basis (over 3 years) and was wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea of how many hours you would spend studying and how many assignments are due per month, so as to start planning and rearranging my work in time. I am particulary interested in the taught modules as those will obviously be the ones I will be studying first. Many thanks!