Example of a FAST Minor: English Translation Students
Illustration #2: Courses Needed to Complete a FAST Minor
(For Students Who Are Majoring in English Translation)

English Translation students will need a different selection of courses than students from other majors, as five FAST basic courses and one subject course are required by the Translation curriculum. The basic courses are US-1, BIE-1, PK5, PK6, and a choice of either US-2, BIE-2 or BIE-3. The subject-level course is FIN-1. As courses cannot count toward two degree requirements, additional credits must replace those required by Translation (see NOTE).

This may enhance the appeal of the FAST minor for English Translation students. Students would de facto begin the FAST minor as they begin the Translation major, and would always have first priority for course admission. Additional courses would be of direct relevance to their Translation major while adding depth to the FAST minor.

Following is an illustration of how English Translation students might complete the FAST minor:

Completing the FAST Minor: English Translation Students
    Basic Courses Which Could Count Toward the FAST Minor

  1. US-2 U.S. Institutions Survey, 2 ECTS credits
  2. BIE-3 Canadian/Irish Society and Culture, 2 ECTS credits

    Total: 4 ECTS credits (using only the 'standard credit' for each course)

    The above assumes the student chose BIE-2 (instead of BIE-3 or US-2) for the English Translation requirement. Students would still have taken BIE-1, US-1, PK5 and PK6; the weighted-average grade required to continue with the FAST minor would be calculated from US-1, US-2, BIE-1, and either BIE-2 or BIE-3 (in addition to the Pass-Fail PK5 and PK6), even if the credit from three of these courses could not be applied toward the FAST minor. As the student would then have taken all of the FAST basic courses, additional credits to compensate for the six that went to English Translation, plus the remaining 21 credits to complete the FAST minor, would come from intermediate courses.

    Selected Intermediate Courses Chosen to Complete the Minor

  3. US-4 U.S. Government and Political System, 2 ECTS credits
  4. US-5 U.S. Education System, 2 ECTS credits
  5. FAST G-1 Visiting Lecturer Series, 4 ECTS credits
  6. US-7 United States Popular Culture, 4 ECTS credits
  7. US-8 American English II (Power, Pride and Politics), 4 ECTS credits
  8. USA/FIN/BIE Independent Project, 6 ECTS credits

    Total 22 ETCS credits (with papers written for US-7 and US-8 for 2 extra credits each)
    Total from both Basic and Intermediate credits: 26 ECTS credits

    Students would also write the FIN-1 Finnish Institutions Research Paper (6-10 ECTS credits), the basic 6 credits of which are required by the Translation curriculum. Students who earn 10 credits for FIN-1 may use the additional 4 credits toward the FAST minor and also use the paper as the FAST 'Finland-paper'. Students who earn only the basic 6 credits would need to write another paper for the FAST minor, as the same credit cannot be applied toward two requirements.

NOTE: These five basic courses are required in FAST basic studies even if they are also required by English Translation. When calculating the weighted average required to continue with FAST subject studies, the grade from the English Translation course can be used. However, the credit cannot be used toward the FAST minor, since it is required for the Translation major. In this sense the grade and credit function separately.

Likewise, if a student has written a paper for the basic credit of a course that will be applied toward Translation degree requirements (such as a paper for the 2-credit BIE-1 course), that paper cannot also apply toward FAST requirements. However, if a student has written a paper for additional credit for an Translation course, then both the additional credit and the paper can be counted toward FAST requirements. For example, if a student had written an optional paper for extra credit for US-1, which is worth a basic 2 credits, the first 2 credits would meet the Translation requirement and the additional credits as well as the paper itself could meet FAST requirements.

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Last Updated 05 November 2009