|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
This course introduces the culture of the Deaf. This course will discuss the values, norms, identities, traditions, and subcultures within the larger culture. This course raises questions of the nature of sign language, the education of the Deaf, and the historical treatment of deafness.
-
3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce to the student the grammar and structure of ASL. Students will learn about ASL transcription symbols, sentence types, classifi ers, non-manual behaviors, time pronomilization, locatives, pluralization, subjects and objects, verbs, and temporal and distributional aspects. Prerequisite: COMM 105
-
3.00 Credits
An introduction to the field of communication studies. Topics include forms and processes of human communication; communication as social organization; ways of understanding, analyzing, and evaluating messages; communication technologies; and social, political and ethical issues. Code 2 course fee.
-
3.00 Credits
This course introduces the students to the theory and practice of processing a signed message into spoken English. This course will emphasize appropriate vocabulary selection, use of syntactically correct English sentences, and appropriate voicing register. Skill development application will be conducted in class. This course requires 10 hours of fi eld observation on specifi c aspects of sign to voice interpreting. Prerequisites: COMM 112 and COMM 113
-
3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of ASL III. Students will learn advanced conversational skills in ASL. This course will introduce poetry, folklore, and storytelling in ASL. Students must present short stories, narratives, and poetry, at the advanced level, to the class. Students will also learn idiomatic expressions in ASL. Students are required to ascertain 15 contact hours within the Deaf Community. Prerequisites: COMM 107 and COMM 109
-
3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to interpreting history, ethics, and interpreting in a variety of specialized settings. This course will cover ethics, interpreting process, attitudes, and the role of the interpreter. The student will learn about the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) certifi cation process and fees. The student will also learn about the New Jersey State Screening process that will enable students, who pass the screening, to be placed on their registry. Students will also learn about the various devices used by the Deaf Community that help them to meet the daily needs of life such as telephones, alarm clocks, smoke detectors, and beepers. Students are required to ascertain 10 fi eld observation hours. Prerequisites: COMM 107 and COMM 109
-
3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Interpreting I. In this course students will continue to improve on the skills needed to render professional interpreting. Students will also focus on the skills necessary for the simultaneous interpreting tasks, such as determining lag time, shadowing, focusing on production by modulating delivery, and developing a perceptive ability in their target language through exercises. Students will be taught techniques they can use to maintain and improve their skills on a daily basis. The student will also learn about Overuse Syndrome and common treatments, preventative tips and specially-designed exercises utilized to avert this affliction. Students are required to ascertain 10 fi eld observation hours. Prerequisites: COMM 112 and COMM 113
-
3.00 Credits
This course will review ideological components, principles, and practices of interpreting for Deaf people. Strategies for effective listening skills, text analysis, conceptual accuracy and linguistic factors of sign language will be discussed and applied. Classroom exercises will be conducted. This course requires 10 hours of fi eld observation. Prerequisite: COMM 112 and COMM 113
-
3.00 Credits
This course allows the student the opportunity to strengthen interpreting skills through a controlled environment. Students will interpret in a variety of interpreting scenarios during mock interpreting situations with Deaf people participating. Students will be videotaped for evaluation. This lab is designed to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses evident during the student's practicum. The practicum will consist of a supervised interpreting experience involving observation and hands-on experience in various interpreting situations. The student will be out in the fi eld with a minimum of 9 hours per week (total of 125 hours). The student will log reports and have weekly meetings during class to discuss situations that arise during the student's practicum. A video portfolio is required for this course. Prerequisites: COMM 111, COMM 115 and COMM 116
-
1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a broad range of signs for many different avenues in the interpreting fi eld. Such signs taught would include: educational, legal, medial, religious, mental health, social work, theatrical technical, sexual and drug related signs. Special emphasis will be placed on production of signs in correct ASL format and spoken English. Prerequisites: COMM 111, COMM 115 and COMM 116
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|