Sign Language Interpretation, Certificate
Certificate—43 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
33 credit hours as follows:
Elective Courses
Select 10 credit hours from the following:
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 Summer (6 credit hours)
| INT-100 | Introduction to ASL Interpreting | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
Semester 2 Fall (12 credit hours)
Semester 3 Spring (12 credit hours)
Semester 4 Summer (6 credit hours)
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
Semester 5 Fall (7 credit hours)
| INT-203 | Interpreting III | 3 |
| INT-206 | Interpreting Field Experience II | 2 |
| INT-207 | Field Experience Seminar II | 1 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 1 |