This course serves as an introduction to critical ethical constructs in social and applied professional decision making within the field of interpreting. Following the introduction of ethics in society, which includes topics related to moral and ethical issues individuals face in society, students will then examine the ethical decision making of professional interpreters. Concepts explored in this course will include, the meaning of ethics, values and principles that inform decision making, an understanding of what are the challenging to ethical decision making; codes of ethics of interpreters, guiding principles and values of the interpreting field and the Deaf community, among others.

This final ASL course for ASL English interpretation majors focuses on the continued development of complex grammatical, syntactic, and semantic competence in ASL with particular attention to discourse, including all levels of ASL registers. This course appends existing knowledge and skills with new ones to hone comprehension and production of ASL. Emphasis is given to public speaking techniques in ASL in both consultative and formal registers using authentic and representative literacy and cultural texts.

Prerequisites

INTR 103 with a minimum grade of B

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.

In this translation skills course, students will analyze English and ASL texts in an effort to produce a cross cultural, dynamic translation inclusive of appropriate lexical and linguistic features across various registers. Students will examine and apply theories of meaning transfer and demonstrate readiness to begin interpreting theory and practice skills development courses.

Prerequisites

(INTR 112 and INTR 204 with a minimum grade of B)

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.

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.

In this course, students continue developing their professional portfolio with emphasis on evidence in Domain 4 (Interpreting Skills) and Domain 2 (Human Relations).

This lecture/lab course engages students in the development of consecutive interpreting skills, focusing on further development of processing skills associated with interpreting.

This course introduces the purposes, values, designs and methods of research in ASL English interpretation. 

Prerequisites

INTR 206 with a minimum grade of D-

In this lecture/lab course, students are introduced to the process and practice of interpreting between ASL and English. Students will prepare for and interpret a variety of texts which will be analyzed to identify factors influencing best choices to achieve linguistically and culturally accurate meaning transfer.

Prerequisites

INTR 206 with a minimum grade of B