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, non-manual markers, Finger spelling and numbers.
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.
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.
Prerequisites: 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.
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.
Prerequisite: INTR 103. In this course, students study discourse by analyzing the context and intentions of the people within various communication events.
Prerequisites: INTR 112, INTR 113 In this course, students are presented with a structured method for synthesizing evidence of learning and accomplishments into a format collection or portfolio.
Prerequisites: INTR 103 and placement by advisement only. Majors only. This lecture/lab course focuses on the development of public speaking skills in ASL with particular attention to expressing texts in consultative and formal register.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab focuses on receptive and expressive competence in ASL with particular attention to the application of numbering and fingerspelling in ASL and other features specific to the student's linguistic profile. In addition to fingerspelling and numbering, students select areas of focus based on self-analysis completed in INTR 204.
Prerequisite: INTR 111 Student compares and contrasts the differences between ASL and English texts with attention to discourse markers, tense, pronominalization, role shifting, cohesion, coherence, topic shifts, nonverbal/non-manual behavior, affect and register.
Prerequisites: INTR 112, INTR 113, INTR 210 Through application of the Demand-Control Schema, students explore and negotiate the contexts in which interpreting occurs, question roles and responsibilities, and address situational issues arising in mediated communication events.
Prerequisites: INTR 115, INTR 211 In this course, students continue developing their professional portfolio with emphasis on evidence in Domain 4 (Interpreting Skills) and Domain 2 (Human Relations).
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lecture/lab course engages students in the development of consecutive interpreting skills, focusing on further development of processing skills associated with interpreting.
Prerequisite: INTR 102, INTR 103 Students explore the structure of community and how involvement in community contributes to self awareness, identity, human relations and civic responsibility.
Prerequisite: Deaf Culture Course preferred This course focuses on discourse and interpreting in a cultural context. Students examine definitions of culture and how identity and culture orientation contribute to conflict/ contact in cross-cultural situations.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. In this course, students continue developing their professional portfolio with emphasis on evidence in Domain 5 (Professionalism) and a review of evidence in all Domains.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lecture/lab course engages students in the development of simultaneous interpreting skills, focusing on further development of the dual tasking skills associated with interpreting.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only! This lab focuses on the mental processing skills of consecutive interpretation including visualization, listening and comprehending, shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual task training and close skills.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab focuses on the application of interpreting skills to a variety of texts involving variables that must be managed by the student as part of the interpreting process.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab focuses on the application of interpreting skills with increasing difficulty based on the complexity of factors to be managed by the student as part of the interpreting process.
Prerequisite: INTR 211 Coursework examines the settings in which interpreting occurs and engages students in the systematic analysis of factors impacting different settings through the lens of the Demand-Control Schema.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Students examine interpreting settings and shadow working interpreters for the purpose of further and deeper analysis of factors impacting different settings through the lens of the Demand-Control Schema.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. This course engages students in an exploration of professional identity and becoming part of a profession, focusing on the application of ethical standards and practices to the profession.
Prerequisites: INTR 112, INTR 311or certified member in RID or EIPA 4.0 or higher. This course focuses on supervision of interpreting systems. Students examine core skills shared by supervisors and analyze strategies that promote effective communication and resolve conflict in the workplace.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement or certified member in RID or EIPA 4.0 or higher. This course introduces the major theories and concepts of leadership and their application to the field of interpreting and explores the link between leadership, ethics, and values.
Prerequisites: INTR 115, INTR 215, and INTR 315. Students will complete and submit a capstone Entry-to-Practice Competencies Portfolio for summative evaluation.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab continues the application of interpreting skills with increasing difficulty based on the complexity of factors to be managed by the student as part of the interpreting process.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab continues the application of interpreting skills with increasing difficulty based on the complexity of factors to be managed by the student as part of the interpreting process.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. This course introduces students to interpreting in the K-12 setting and provides an overview of public education and deaf education practices in the United States.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This course focuses on the items that affect a deaf child's education on the classroom including curriculum, standards, learning activities, language skills, learning styles, and accessibility.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab course includes a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in various K-12 settings.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. This course investigates languages and communication modes used in public school settings, with a focus on those used by deaf students.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This lab continues the skills development accomplished in INTR 432. Students engage in a range of skills development activities that increase interpreting competence in various K-12 settings.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. The focus of this course is on the nature and structure of interpreting within the general community, with particular attention to the work of freelance or agency-based interpreters.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. This skills course focuses on community based interpreting. Students engage in a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in social service, employment, and medical settings.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. Students engage in a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in mental health, vocational rehabilitation, recreational, and performing arts settings.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Students will engage in range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence as applied and delivered through distance technologies.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This course will address the central issues of moral philosophy from the perspective of leadership studies. It seeks to identify and understand moral challenges that are peculiar to leaders.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. This course provides supervisors of interpreters, lead interpreters and/or mentors with a common system of miscue/error and feature analysis needed to conduct systematic skills performance assessments.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Acceptance into the Diagnostic Assessment Series or consent of instructor. Introduces diagnostic assessment of student work, self-assessment/peer review, to identify patterns of performance for accurate/reliable interpretation (ASL to English/English to ASL), discourse analysis, and skill development in semantic awareness/equivalence.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Addresses skill development through guided learning and practice activities, online discussion, self-assessment, peer review, feedback; explores resources available for skill development; applies principles of discourse analysis/content mapping.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Continued skill development/practice in interpreting (ASL to English/English to ASL); development of post-diagnostic assessment to identify competency progress; and generation of plan for continued skill development.
Prerequisites: Placement by advisement only. Acceptance into the Legal Interpreting Certificate Program (LITP) or consent of Instructor. Provides legal foundation for interpreting services within the American legal system and gives overview of the civil and criminal process, roles and responsibilities.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Provides foundation in civil law, procedure and systems (overview of family/juvenile courts, role of arbitration/mediation, interpretation of contracts/depositions/interrogatories, expert witnesses) and language used in legal interpreting practice.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Provides expanded investigation of criminal law and procedure, providing students with further awareness and understanding of complexities and nuances of criminal court system and legal language/procedures used within the system.
Prerequisite: INTR 480, INTR 481, INTR 482. Placement by Advisement Only. This course provides the student with a firm foundation in the tasks of interpreting legal texts and guides the practicum experience.
Prerequisites: INTR 480, INTR 481, INTR 482, INTR 483. Placement by Advisement only. This course will engage the student in a 55-hour, field-based experience that provides for the application of the skills, knowledge and attitudes that constitute interpreting in the American Judicial System.
Prerequisite: Placement by advisement only. Students will work within a range of interpreting settings, such as educational, social services, personal business, health care and civic/recreational under the supervision of a certified mentor.