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  • 1.00 Credits

    Students will explore the historical, philosophical, linguistic, social, cultural, educational, medical and artistic past, present, and future of deaf/Deaf/ hard-of-hearing people. This blended course uses face-to-face meetings and an on-line format to discuss concepts and perspectives found in the assigned book(s) and visual media (e.g. fi lm, television, etc,). Each time the course is offered the book and visual media will be different thus students may take this course multiple times. The books and media will be chosen from areas with relevance to Deaf Culture and community, such as D/deaf literature and the Arts, D/deaf history, D/deaf issues, signifi cant D/deaf people, and American Sign Language. This is a blended learning course which meets faceto- face one hour per week with the rest of the course delivered online. Class 1, Credit 1 (F, W, S)
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course is an introduction to the mental processing skills (pre-interpreting skills) of consecutive and simultaneous interpretation. This course includes an overview of the theoretical models of interpretation, provides skill development activities for isolated interpreting sub-tasks and practice activities for the integration of these tasks in translation and consecutive interpreting activities. Course content includes interpreting theory, visualization, listening and comprehension, shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual task training, text analysis (including identifi cation of main point, summarizing and structuring), cloze skills and translation. (0875-302) Class 4, Credit 4 (S)
  • 4.00 Credits

    This is the fi rst course in a three-course sequence in which students develop the ability to produce an equivalent ASL message from a spoken English source message. The focus of this course is text analysis and consecutive production of an equivalent message in the target language. Content also includes interpreting management strategies for spoken English to ASL interpreting. Students will interpret both rehearsed and unrehearsed monologues and dialogues. Warm-up exercises will be performed as part of the self-care regimen recommended for sign language interpreters. To progress to course English to ASL Interpreting II (0875-325), students must complete course with a grade of C or better. (0875-303 with a grade of C or better, 311) Class 4, Credit 4 (F)
  • 4.00 Credits

    Students examine the underlying principles of the code of professional conduct and discuss application of the various situations and settings in which sign language interpreters work. Students will explore how professional interpreters apply these principles in their daily work and how deaf consumers perceive the ethical role and function of interpreters. In addition to ethical considerations, etiquette and protocol for each setting will be discussed. Settings include K-12, post-secondary, religious, medical, mental health, deafblind, performing arts, business and industry, and vocational rehabilitation. To progress to Practicum and Seminar I (0875-350), students must complete course with a grade of C or better. (0875-213, 315, 316) Class 4, Credit 4 (W)
  • 4.00 Credits

    This is the second in a three-course sequence in which students develop the ability to produce an equivalent ASL message from a spoken English source message. Specifi c discipline areas will be addressed. Students will develop the ability to apply text analysis skills to the simultaneous English-to-ASL interpreting task. Additionally, students will develop the ability to apply the principles of diagnostic feedback. One special area of emphasis will include affect equivalency between source and target languages. Warm-up exercises will be performed as part of the self-care regimen recommended for sign language interpreters. To progress to Practicum and Seminar I (0875-350), students must complete course with a grade of C or better. (0875-315 with a grade of C or better) Class 4, Credit 4 (W)
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course is an introduction to the task of sign language transliteration. Students develop the ability to simultaneously transliterate from a spoken English message into an equivalent signed message while retaining English features. The focus of this course will be transliterating in post-secondary settings. Course work includes analysis and interpretation of the macrostructure and microstructure of academic texts, translation of frozen texts, an introduction to team interpreting, and production of transliterations that are appropriate for contact language situations. Students will work with rehearsed and unrehearsed texts of short duration. (0875-325, 326) Class 4, Credit 4 (S)
  • 2.00 Credits

    The student experiences a practicum placement under the immediate supervision of a professional interpreter who functions as the student's mentor, and the seminar instructor (supervision instructor). The practicum will involve such activities as observing the mentor and a variety of other interpreters at work; preparing videotapes for mentor critique; interpreting under the supervision of the mentor; and meeting weekly with the mentor to discuss the practicum experience. Additionally, practicum students will meet together weekly to share observations and experiences gained from the practicum placement. Class discussions focus on linguistic issues in interpretation, ethical dilemmas, situational concerns and problem solving. Students must complete this course with a grade of C or better. (Cumulative GPA 2.5; 0875-320, 325, 326 with grades of C or better) Field experience a minimum of 100 hours. Class 2, Credit 4 (F, W, S, Su)
  • 4.00 Credits

    In this course students advance their skills in interpreting alone and with team interpreters for interactive assignments within small group and one-toone settings. Students will expand their understanding and use of ASL and English vocabularies related to content areas that are of current interest to Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals locally and nationally. Students will also advance their interpreting analysis skills. (0875-325, 326) Class 2, Lab 4, Credit 4 (S)
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