2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

INTR 101 ASL V

Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Majors only. This lecture/lab course focuses on the analysis and application of specific parameters of ASL, such as: classifiers, nonmanual markers, Fingerspelling and numbers.

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INTR 102 ASL VI

Prerequisites: INTR 101 and placement by advisement only. Majors only. This lecture/lab course will increase the student's use of grammatical features of ASL, and introduce new grammatical features, such as the complex use of spatial structuring and register variations.

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INTR 103 ASL VII

Prerequisites: INTR 102 and placement by advisement only. Majors only. Focuses on the development of syntactic/semantic competence in ASL with particular attention to narrative discourse and lexical and semantic equivalents for multiple meaning English lexical items.

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INTR 111 ASL Linguistics

Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only.  Investigates the structural properties of ASL including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Focus is given to how visual languages differ and are similar to spoken languages.

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INTR 112 Theory and Practice of Interpreting

Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only.  This course examines the work of interpreters from a variety of theories relating to role, function and process and provides an understanding of how these theories impact day-to-day interpreting work.

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INTR 113 Discourse Analysis

Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only.  In this course, students study discourse by analyzing the context and intentions of the people within various communication events.

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INTR 115 Portfolio Assessment I

Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only.  In this course, students are presented with a structured method for synthesizing evidence of learning and accomplishments into a format collection or portfolio.

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