Compulsory modules (70 credits) cover: Advanced Chinese or Japanese for translators and interpreters; or advanced English for translators and interpreters; translating; translation studies; if a student intends to enter the MA in Translating and Interpreting or the MA in Interpreting they must take: introduction to interpreting (20 credits); consecutive interpreting stage 1 (10 credits); simultaneous interpreting stage 1 (10 credits); and optional modules (10 credits); if a student intends only to take the Diploma, they take 50 credits of optional modules from a wide range of disciplines.