2020-2021 Catalog

Sign Language Interpretation, Certificate

Certificate—54 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1369

This program serves students who are pursuing employment working with the deaf and deafblind community and/or entering the American Sign Language Interpreting field. Specifically, this certificate will benefit students who are interested in learning American Sign Language to communicate with family, friends, colleagues, and community members, and/or working with the deaf/deafblind/hard-of-hearing community as an interpreter in a wide variety of settings. As a two-year certificate program, this program may also benefit students who are interested in transferring to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree in sign language interpretation, deaf studies, or deaf education.

Required Career Courses

48 credit hours as follows:

ASL-101American Sign Language I

3

ASL-102American Sign Language II

3

ASL-103American Sign Language III

3

ASL-104Introduction to Interpreting

3

ASL-110Deaf Culture and History

3

ASL-112Intro to Interpreting Professions

3

ASL-114Fingerspelling and Numbers in ASL

3

ASL-120Ethics for Interpreters

3

ASL-121Linguistics of ASL

3

ASL-122Classifiers in ASL

3

ASL-201Advanced ASL

3

ASL-202Intermediate Interpretation

3

ASL-203ASL to English Interpreting

3

ASL-204Advanced Interpreting

3

ASL-205Transliterating

3

ASL-206Interpreting Practicum

2

ASL-207Interpreting Seminar

1

Elective Courses

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

ASL-208Interpreting in Educational Settings

3

ASL-209Interpreting in Specialized Settings

3

ASL-210Advanced Vocabulary for Interpreters

3

EDU-100Introduction to Education

3

EDU-106Language and Linguistics

3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (12 credit hours)

ASL-101American Sign Language I

3

ASL-110Deaf Culture and History

3

ASL-112Intro to Interpreting Professions

3

ASL-114Fingerspelling and Numbers in ASL

3

Semester 2 (12 credit hours)

ASL-102American Sign Language II

3

ASL-120Ethics for Interpreters

3

ASL-121Linguistics of ASL

3

ASL-122Classifiers in ASL

3

Summer (6 credit hours)

ASL-103American Sign Language III

3

ASL-104Introduction to Interpreting

3

Semester 3 (12 credit hours)

ASL-201Advanced ASL

3

ASL-202Intermediate Interpretation

3

ASL-203ASL to English Interpreting

3

___-___Elective

3

Semester 4 (12 credit hours)

ASL-204Advanced Interpreting

3

ASL-205Transliterating

3

ASL-206Interpreting Practicum

2

ASL-207Interpreting Seminar

1

___-___Elective

3