American Sign Language – English Interpretation B.A.
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Contact: Leilani J. Johnson, Ed.D., Director
Telephone: 303.365.7688
Contact: Susan E. Brown, M.A., Administrative Coordinator
Telephone: 303.637.3078
Location: Denver Center @ Lowry
Website: www.unco.edu/doit
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering. The importance of the program advisor cannot be overstated. Program advisement includes all aspects of students' present and future academic and professional planning. It is often the program advisor who is able to help students conceptualize their academic program within the context of their own professional goals and aspirations. This responsibility is likely to involve extensive discussions of academic or professional goals well beyond the program.
The program consists of two parts:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
Program Description:
The ASL-English Interpretation (ASLEI) baccalaureate degree program is delivered in two ways; either, online (with summer onsite requirements) or onsite at the UNC Denver Center @ Lowry. The ASLEI program prepares majors to provide competent interpreting services between individuals who are deaf and use ASL as their primary means of communication, and individuals who are not deaf and do not know sign language. Graduates of this program will be prepared to interpret in a range of low-risk settings with professional autonomy and be work- and/or certification-ready. The ASLEI program is the only distance delivered program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education.
Program Admission Requirements:
Program specific requirements. See Website: www.unco.edu/doit
Program Requirements:
A "B" grade in each of the courses taken as part of this major is required for graduation.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
Degree Requirements
1. Required LAC — 40 credits
2. Required Major — 80 credits
Take all of the following courses:
There is a core of 62 credits that all students of the major must take. Students will select an area of concentration (18 credits) in educational, legal, or community-based interpreting.
Required – 62 credits
Choose one Concentration Area
Take 18 credits
Educational Interpreting
Choose one of the following courses:
| INTR 405 | Supervision of Interpreting Systems | 3 |
| INTR 406 | Leadership in Interpreting | 3 |
Legal Interpreting
| INTR 480 | Overview of Interpreting in the American Judicial System | 4 |
| INTR 481 | Civil Litigation | 3 |
| INTR 482 | Criminal Law | 4 |
| INTR 483 | Internship: Skills Development for Legal Interpreters | 4 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| INTR 405 | Supervision of Interpreting Systems | 3 |
| INTR 406 | Leadership in Interpreting | 3 |
Community Interpreting
| INTR 405 | Supervision of Interpreting Systems | 3 |
| INTR 406 | Leadership in Interpreting | 3 |
| INTR 440 | Introduction to Community Interpreting | 3 |
| INTR 441 | Community Interpreting Skill Development I | 3 |
| INTR 442 | Community Interpreting Skill Development II | 3 |
| INTR 443 | Interpreting Via Distance Technologies | 3 |