Translation + Business Administration (Dual Degree) – M.A. + M.B.A.
The Translation + Master of Business Administration program from Kent State University is for students with a sufficient level of proficiency in a foreign language who wish to integrate a graduate business education with advanced translation training.
Duration
2 years
Starting Date
August
Tuition Fee
$ 17,982 per year (On campus)
$ 19,300 per year (Online)
Location
Kent, United States/Online
About the program
Students have the opportunity to complete a dual degree program with the M.A. degree in Translation and the M.B.A. degree in Business Administration. A separate application must be submitted for each program.
This Translation + Master of Business Administration program from Kent State University is suitable for those whose career goals include assuming middle or executive management positions in international business or language industry enterprises or those interested in starting their own business in the language services industry.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Translate authentic, industry-relevant content, both general and domain-specific, using appropriate tools and approaches
- Define and describe the roles and responsibilities of various language industry stakeholders and various forms of language service provision, and demonstrate an understanding of the basics of entrepreneurship and translation as a business
- Engage in effective research and information retrieval for a variety of language industry-relevant tasks
- Utilize a range of computer-assisted technologies, including machine translation, for language industry-relevant tasks and demonstrate an understanding of the place, benefits and limitations of those technologies in a given project scenario
- Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical considerations in various project scenarios
- Successfully communicate and mediate communication across languages and cultures in multilingual, multicultural contexts
- Apply theory to inform and justify their decision-making
- Critically reflect on their work and that of others
Courses included:
- Financial Accounting for Decision Making
- Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
- Macroeconomic Environment of Business
- Managerial Economics
- Law and Ethics
- Managerial Finance
- Analytics for Decision Making
- Operations, Service and Supply Chain Management
- Leadership and Managerial Assessment