Interpreter Training
Associate in Applied Science
This program is designed to teach the basic skills and the ethical behavior required of the professional interpreter providing services to deaf/hard-of-hearing persons. Students learn through classroom study, skills development, and laboratory practice. Field observation and experience focusing on workplace competencies are also required.
Professional opportunities for sign language interpreters are as wide-ranging as the communities in which we live. Interpreters work in rehabilitation, education, state and local government, medical facilities, legal practices, and other community services. Once you enter the field, you can enhance your career growth by earning advanced levels of certification from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or the state’s Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services.
| Freshman Year | |
| First Semester | |
| SGNL 1401 Beginning ASL I |
4 hrs
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| SLNG 1317 Introduction to Deaf Community |
3 hrs
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| SLNG 1321 Introduction to the Interpreting Profession |
3 hrs
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| ENGL 1301 Freshman Composition I |
3 hrs
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| SPCH 1318 Interpersonal Communication |
3 hrs
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16 hrs
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| Second Semester | |
| SGNL 1402 Beginning ASL II |
4 hrs
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| SLNG 1347 Deaf Culture |
3 hrs
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| SLNG 1211 Fingerspelling |
2 hrs
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| ENGL 1302 Freshman Composition II or ENGL 2311 Technical Communication |
3 hrs
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| COSC 1301 Microcomputer Applications or Computer elective |
3 hrs
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15 hrs
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| Sophomore Year | |
| First Semester | |
| SGNL 2301 Intermediate ASL I |
3 hrs
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| SLNG 2401 Interpreting I |
4 hrs
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| SLNG 1315 Visual/Gestural Communication |
3 hrs
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| PSYC 2301 General Psychology |
3 hrs
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| Math elective (college-level) |
3 hrs
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16 hrs
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| Second Semester | |
| SGNL 2302 Intermediate ASL II |
3 hrs
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| SLNG 2402 Interpreting II |
4 hrs
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| SLNG 2488 Internship |
4 hrs
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| Humanities or Visual/Performing Arts elective |
3 hrs
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14 hrs
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| Total 61 hrs | |