Certificate in Interpretation: English/Spanish – Spanish/English (CII)
The curriculum for the Certificate in Interpretation (CII) is designed to address three of the principal environments where interpretation (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) is currently needed and will be more intensely needed in the future: that is, legal, healthcare and business environments. In addition, governing interpretation principles are also studied for application to language environments covered and not covered by the program.
The program consists of 6 courses (3 credits each) to be taken in a predetermined fashion. Therefore, a total of 18 credits are required to complete the certificate.
The order of the courses is prescribed only at the beginning and the end of the program. The additional courses may be taken in the order desired by the student.
Goals and Objectives of the Program:
- Offer credits representing academic achievement.
- Educate individuals for multi-competency employment.
- Keep pace with the need for linguistic specialists.
- Enhance students’ linguistic competence in Spanish and English and cultural awareness of contrasting elements between the dominant culture and those cultures of various Hispanic groups.
- Add La Salle University and its students to the national educational community of Translation and Interpretation Studies.
