Course Overview

We are happy to announce that we will open our campus again in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. The full TTP program will run on campus and online given sufficient enrollment in both sections. 

TTP applications are accepted from November 1, 2021 to April 15, 2022.
Applications will be received after April 15, but a late fee will apply.

Courses in the program are a combination of regular RYI language classes and individual translator training classes specifically designed for the Translator Training Program. Approximate class hours are 20-25 per week. The schedule of classes for the 2022 – 2023 program year is as follows: 

Dates	Courses Taken	Weekly Class Hrs.
June 08 – August 04, 2022	Intermediate/Advanced Summer Course	20
August 29 – December 16 (Exams December 12 – 16) (no classes during reading week or November seminar weeks dates TBA)	Classical Tibetan III (2nd year course) or Translation Project I (3rd year course)	3
	Colloquial Tibetan V or VII	5
	Tibetan Philosophical Discourse I	5
	Translation Training I	5 – 7.5
	Reading, Writing Practice	1.5
	Dharma Conversation	4
	Translation Methodology I	1.5
December 17- January 1, 2023	Holidays – no classes
January 2- 13	Translation Seminar I	10
January 16 – April28 (Exams April 24 – 28) (no classes during reading week, dates TBA)	Classical Tibetan IV or Translation Project II	3
	Colloquial Tibetan VI or VIII	5
	Tibetan Philosophical Discourse II	5
	Translation Training II	5 – 7.5
	Dharma Conversation	5
	Translation Methodology II	1.5
May1 – 26	Translation Seminar II	10
	Dharma Conversation	5
	Translation Practicum (optional)