Undergraduate 2019-2020

INTR 401 Professional Decision-Making for Interpreters

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.
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INTR 405 Supervision of Interpreting Systems

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.
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INTR 406 Leadership in Interpreting

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.
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INTR 415 Portfolio Assessment IV

Students will complete and submit a capstone Entry-to-Practice Competencies Portfolio for summative evaluation.
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Prerequisites

INTR 115: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 215: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 315: with minimum grade of D-

Major/Minor Restriction

Include American Sign Lang-Eng Interpr (and) American Sign Lang Eng Interpr Major(s)

INTR 425 Simultaneous Interpreting Skills Lab II

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.
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INTR 426 Simultaneous Interpreting Skills Lab III

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.
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INTR 430 Interpreting in K-12

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.
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INTR 431 K-12 Classroom Environment

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.
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INTR 432 K-12 Interpreting Skill Development I

This lab course included a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in various K-12 settings.
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INTR 433 K-12 Communication Assessment

This course investigates languages and communication modes used in public school settings, with a focus on those used by deaf students.
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INTR 434 K-12 Interpreting Skill Development II

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.
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INTR 440 Introduction to Community Interpreting

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.
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INTR 441 Community Interpreting Skill Development 1

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.
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INTR 442 Community Interpreting Skill Development 2

Students engage in a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in mental health, vocational rehabilitation, recreational, and performing arts settings.
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INTR 443 Interpreting Via Distance Technologies

Students will engage in range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence as applied and delivered through distance technologies.
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INTR 460 The Demensions of Ethical Decision Making for Interpreters

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.
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INTR 461 Conducting Diagnostic Assessments for ASL-English Interpreters

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.
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INTR 470 Skill Performance Assessment for Working Interpreters

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.
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INTR 471 Skill Development for Working Interpreters I

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.
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INTR 472 Skills Development for Working Interpreters II

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.
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INTR 480 Overview of Interpreting in the American Judicial System

Provides legal foundation for interpreting services within the American legal system and gives overview of the civil and criminal process, roles and responsibilities.
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INTR 481 Civil Litigation

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.
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INTR 482 Criminal Law

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.
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INTR 483 Skills Development for Legal Interpreters

This course provides the student with a firm foundation in the tasks of interpreting legal texts and guides the practicum experience.
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Prerequisites

INTR 480: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 481: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 482: with minimum grade of D-

INTR 485 Internship for Legal Interpreters

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.
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Prerequisites

INTR 480: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 481: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 482: with minimum grade of D- and INTR 483: with minimum grade of D-

INTR 492 Internship for Interpreters

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.
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