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  • HTE 256P: Hospitality, Tourism and Event Planning Practicum

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course provides students with an opportunity to fine-tune skill sets learned in academic coursework. Workplace skills are enhanced as students participate in practical experiences related to individual career objectives. Students are required to complete 150 hours of work experience in a segment of the hospitality, tourism or event planning industry specific to their area of concentration.
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  • ITP 103: Discourse Analysis and Translation

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course serves as an introduction to principles of discourse analysis and translation. Both American Sign Language (ASL) and English source texts are used to cover a survey of the main theories of translation and interpretation. Students learn foundational skills for subsequent interpreting courses. This course focuses on the mental processing skills including but not limited to: visualization, listening and comprehending, shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual-task training and cloze skills. Students must pass this course with a grade of "C" or better in order to progress to ITP 104. Prerequisite:    Eligibility for ENG 101L and admission to the Interpreter Training Program. Corequisite:    ASL 209 
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  • ITP 104: Consecutive Interpreting

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course further develops students' translation and discourse analysis skills by applying them to consecutive interpretation. Consecutive interpretation skills leads to greater accuracy in simultaneous interpretation, while allowing students to work on a dynamically equivalent message with less time pressure than simultaneous interpreting. Students learn to assess their own work and the work of peers for accuracy and equivalence. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ITP 103  Corequisite:    ASL 210 
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  • ITP 105: Introduction to Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course provides students with an overview of the sign language interpreting field. The history and development of sign language interpreting are explored, along with trends and issues in the field. Various service models of interpreting are discussed. Laws governing the provision of interpreting services in the state of Pennsylvania are addressed, along with issues pertaining to qualifications and certifications. There is a minimum of 10 hours of interpreting observations for this course that may require students to have appropriate clearances.
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  • ITP 112: Service Learning

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course is designed to strengthen the student's language and cultural knowledge through direct experience working alongside the local Deaf community. Students develop and apply a community-based project as a way to work with, rather than for, the community to help to strengthen the Deaf community's presence and rapport with future working interpreters. In this way, the students develop skills to set appropriate boundaries, work as a member of a team and the ability to listen to the community members to find out what their needs might be. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ASL 210   
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  • ITP 200: Linguistics of ASL and English

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course, taught in American Sign Language (ASL), trains students to perform linguistic analysis of ASL and recognize the parallel structures in English. Emphasis is placed upon examining the features of each language and contact between English and ASL. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ASL 209 and a grade of "C" or better in ASL 109   
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  • ITP 206: Ethics and Business of Interpreting

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    In this course, taught in American Sign Language (ASL), students look at the ethical practices of interpreting, identifying ethical behaviors both on and off the job, as well as those that pertain to running an independent business as a freelance interpreter. Demand-Control Schema (D-CS) and Role Space are used as tools to identify the spectrum of challenges and responses that are possible with an interpreted interaction. Observations for this course requires students to have appropriate clearances. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ASL 210   
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  • ITP 208: Simultaneous Interpreting

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    Simultaneous Interpreting is the process which allows people who do not have the same language or culture to communicate directly across those boundaries using a professional interpreter who is trained to attend to one language while expressing themselves simultaneously in another. In this course, students draw upon their previous coursework to combine the multiple skill processes needed to produce this type of interpretation. This course is taught in American Sign Language (ASL). Observations for this course requires students to have appropriate clearances. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ITP 104   
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  • ITP 211: NIC & EIPA Test Preparation

    2.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    This course, taught in American Sign Language (ASL), prepares students for the process of working toward certification after they graduate from their interpreter training program. Students are given exercises and assignments to review the requisite knowledge to pass both the National Interpreter Certification (NIC) knowledge written examination, as well as the performance examination and the Educational Interpreter's Performance Assessment (EIPA) written and performance examinations. Students gain a clear understanding of the process for both the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and the Pennsylvania Interpreter registration law and what is required to be a working interpreter in this state. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ITP 104   
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  • ITP 212: Educational Interpreting

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Allegheny County

    In this course, taught in American Sign Language (ASL), students discuss issues related to interpreting in the K-12 classroom. Students analyze the major transitions from childhood to adolescence to adulthood and the changes required in professional roles, responsibilities and ethical decision making. This course compares and contrasts working in the community versus K-12 environments, reviewing the testing requirements and state laws governing each setting. Students interpret educational content and review the requirements for a student who has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and what the interpreter's role is in this process. Prerequisite:    a grade of C or better in ITP 208   
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