Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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 and INTR 215 and INTR 315 with a 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 Introduction to School Interpreting

This lecture/lab course introduces school interpreting in the U.S. Students engage in activities focusing on the school system and practices, curriculum structures, and educational discourse as they apply to K-12 student needs.  

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Prerequisites

INTR 245 with a minimum grade of a B

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

INTR 431 Systems and Structures for School Interpreting

This lecture/lab course investigates school systems/structures, including federal, state, district, and school levels. Students engage in systems thinking and team collaboration activities of school interpreters supporting deaf and hard of hearing students.  

3

Prerequisites

INTR 430 with a minimum grade of a B

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually.

INTR 432 An Interdisciplinary Approach to School Interpreting I

This lecture/lab course explores the roles/responsibilities of educational team members. Students engage in interpreting activities fostering interpersonal skills, communication techniques, and ethical decision-making based on student needs and school structures.  

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Prerequisites

Prerequisite INTR 431 with a minimum grade of a B

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

INTR 433 Communication Assessment for School Interpreting

This lecture/lab course investigates child/language development and associated communication modes. Students engage in activities that support K-12 accommodations and communication access used by deaf students in public school settings. 

3

Prerequisites

Concurrent prerequisite INTR 432 with a minimum grade of a B

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

INTR 434 An Interdisciplinary Approach to School Interpreting II

This lecture/lab course analyzes the multifaceted work of school interpreters. Students engage in activities expected of school interpreters as integrated members of the educational team.  

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Prerequisites

Prerequisite INTR 433 with a minimum grade of a B

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

INTR 440 Interpreting in Community Settings

This lecture/lab course focuses on the nature and structure of interpreting in community settings. Students engage in a range of skill development activities that increase interpreting competence in a variety of community settings such as social service, employment, vocational rehabilitation, medical, mental health, VRS/VRI and more.
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Prerequisites

INTR 245 with a minimum grade of D-

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 445 Interpreting Skills & Theory IV

In this intermediate to advanced level lecture/lab course, students will continue building on the process and practice of interpreting between ASL and English with an emphasis on modifying their interpretation based on consumer preferences and/or needs, including Deafblind, language used by individuals from diverse backgrounds, and strategies for identifying atypical language users. Students will be presented with increasingly complex recorded and live scenarios and settings.
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Prerequisites

INTR 355 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

INTR 449 Senior Seminar

This course prepares students for their senior year by providing an overview of the upcoming Entry-to-Practice Profile and outlines tasks students must complete and benchmarks that must be met to successfully complete Senior Capstone and Internship coursework.
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Prerequisites

Concurrent Prerequisite INTR 445 with a minimum grade of D-

INTR 450 Senior Capstone

In this seminar-style course, students will create, present and defend their Entry-to-Practice Profile toward demonstrating cumulative skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for work readiness as an entry-level interpreter. 
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Prerequisites

(INTR 445 and INTR 449 with a minimum grade of D-)

INTR 460 The Dimensions 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.
4

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.
3

Prerequisites

(INTR 480 and INTR 481 and INTR 482 with a 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 and INTR 481 and INTR 482 and INTR 483 with a 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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