MCI academic requirements for our graduate program can be found at Faculty of Graduate Studies—Program Requirements.
Year 1:
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in General Interpreting must successfully complete the following requirements.
24 credits made up of the following courses:
Mandatory Courses:
- Conference Interpreting 5710 3.0: Conference Interpreting I
- Conference Interpreting 5715 3.0: Conference Interpreting II
- Conference Interpreting 5720 3.0: Court Interpreting I
- Conference Interpreting 5725 3.0: Court Interpreting II
- Conference Interpreting 5730 3.0: Healthcare Interpreting I
- Conference Interpreting 5735 3.0: Healthcare Interpreting II
- Translation Studies 5700 3.0: Interpreting Studies
- Conference Interpreting 5790 3.0: Mentoring Practicum in Interpreting
Year 2:
Entrance to Year 2 is confirmed by the successful completion of the transition examination.
Students must successfully complete 30 credits comprised of the following courses.
Mandatory Courses (30 credits):
- Conference Interpreting 5820 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice I
- Conference Interpreting 5825 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice II
- Conference Interpreting 5830 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice III
- Conference Interpreting 5835 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice IV
- Conference Interpreting 5840 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice V
- Conference Interpreting 5845 3.0: Documentation and Professional Practice VI
- Conference Interpreting 5850 3.0: Other Languages* Into English I
- Conference Interpreting 5855 3.0: Other languages* Into English II
- Conference Interpreting 5860 3.0: English into Other Languages I
- Conference Interpreting 5865 3.0: English into other Languages II
The program works with the following languages:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- German
- Mandarin
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Turkish
Applicants should be a native speaker of one of these languages, and they should have a near-native command of at least one of the others. All applicants must have English as one of their working languages.
The Conference Interpreting master’s degree program can be completed on a full-time basis. Entry is fall term.
The expected degree completion time for full-time master’s students is 6 terms. For those students who complete degree requirements earlier than 6 terms, they must register and pay fees for a minimum of the equivalent of 6 terms of full-time study. All requirements for a master’s degree must be fulfilled within 12 terms (4 years) of registration as a full-time or part-time master’s student in accordance with Faculty of Graduate Studies’ registration policies.
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The Graduate Program in Conference Interpreting (MCI) at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.