European Masters in Conference Interpreting
EMCI Core Curriculum
Contents
- Preamble
- Aims of the Programme
- Core Curriculum
- Course structure and workload
- Admission to the programme
- The final examinations
- Mobility
- Joint programmes
1. Preamble
In early 1997 the European Commission’s Joint Interpreting and Conference Service (SCIC) and DGXXII approached the Thematic Network Project in the Area of Languages (SOCRATES-ERASMUS Programme) about the possibility of launching a European pilot project for the joint development of a university programme at advanced level (Masters type) in Conference Interpreting to remedy the shortage of highly qualified conference interpreters, particularly with language combinations which include less widely used and less taught languages. [Read more…]