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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course will develop beginning expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills based on word and phrase recognition principles. Fingerspelling is an important part of communicating. (1,1,0)
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students with knowledge in types of communication problems resulting from deafness, ease in mixing with deaf persons, occupational trends for the deaf, causes and physiological aspects of deafness, and social barriers faced by deaf individuals. Deaf individuals and leaders in the community will be invited into the classroom to discuss these topics along with professionals working with the deaf in various situations. Also designed for students majoring in interpreting for the deaf, teachers, teachers' aides, and school counselors, etc. Review of a normal mechanism of speech and hearing and how they are affected by hearing loss. Emphasis on the history of deafness, trends in deaf education, and the deaf community and its culture. (3,3,0)
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4.00 Credits
A developmental course - meaning that the student (whatever his or her competency level at the beginning of the course) is expected to grow continuously throughout the semester. The student will develop a high degree of familiarity with and a respect for the usage of the basic principles of ASL through nonverbal communication techniques, eye training, and fingerspelling. Student will also, through discipline and instruction, be introduced to the basic patterns of American Sign Language (ASL). Corequisite: ENG 1113. (4,3,2)
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3.00 Credits
Studies the skills required to transmit English into a manual code and visa versa. Introduces a variety manual codes and their relationship to American Sign Language. Prerequisite: IDT 1164. (3,2,2)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to Sign Language idioms and English idioms. This course will introduce ways to express English idioms in signs and also the vocabulary for the sign language idioms. Continuation of building student's sign language vocabulary is a primary interest of this course. Deaf resource persons, videotapes and other related materials will be included. Prerequisite: IDT 1164. (4,3,2)
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3.00 Credits
An advanced level course in American Sign Language. An expansion of sign vocabulary to include English and Deaf idioms and their proper use in both languages. Concentration will be given toward proficiency in both ASL and methods of simultaneous translation of hearing - impaired people who communicate in various forms of manual English. Increased emphasis will be placed on the development of native - like fluency. Instructions through conversational techniques incorporating additional principles and vocabulary items. Prerequisite: IDT 1174. (3,3,0)
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3.00 Credits
This course includes lectures and observation of interpreters in various settings: educational, legal, medical, religious, and social work. Visits to schools for the deaf, clubs for the deaf, interpreters' meetings and workshops, and other possible contacts involving deaf individuals and interpreters. Reports of each observation will be required. (3,3,0)
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3.00 Credits
Classroom work giving verbatim translations and reversing materials. There is an emphasis on the use of tapes and simulated situations. Vocabulary development, work endings, and use of temporary signs are discussed. The student will become skilled in reading and translating the manual alphabet, and become skilled in interpreting from various forms of manual communication into appropriate English diction. Prerequisite: IDT 2123. (3,2,2)
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3.00 Credits
Accuracy and clarity in expressive interpreting at a speed of 80-125 wpm, a receptive ability in understanding intent and content of a deaf speaker using ASL. Role play in actual experiences. Prerequisites: IDT 1164, IDT 1174. (3,2,2)
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3.00 Credits
Further studies the skills to transmit English into a manual code and visa versa. Introduces other sign English codes and how they relate to American Sign Language. Prerequisites: IDT 1164, IDT 1173, IDT 1174. (3,3,0)
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