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This course aims at equipping third-year students who major in Translation and Interpretation with background knowledge of American literature and culture. In terms of cultural aspects, the students will look at the overview of factors such as geography, history and politics that have had impacts the foundation of American culture. The analysis of these factors will help the students understand more deeply and be able to explain cultural phenomena in the countries which have been significantly influenced by American culture. Regarding American literature, the students will be provided with the introduction to acclaimed literary works and authors within the context of the work. Based on their knowledge of culture and literature, the students will practice translating extracts from the literary works in order to have a better understanding of literary language and be able to translate literary works.

This course presents an overview of countries in the Southeast Asia region in general and the ASEAN network in particular on their formation and development. In particular, this course focuses on providing students with a thorough review on the economic-historical-cultural-political aspects of these countries.

The course provides students with the basic finance concepts and terminologies including banking finance, accounting finance and commercial finance. The course also aims at extending students’communicative skills in the economical and financial environments.

This course provides learners with knowledge and vocabulary in Business English, the styles and structures of business letters, as well as grammatical structures and terms related to business correspondence such as e-mails, inquiries, quotations, offers, orders, sales, complaints, etc. This course also helps learners to shape and cultivate their communication skills through those sorts of business letters.