Interpreter Training Track

The ITT concentration seeks to educate students to become interpreters for deaf individuals. A program of 49 credit hours is planned for the student majoring in the Interpreter Training concentration. Course content is distributed across five categories of information and skills necessary for a career in Interpreting:

Role of the Interpreter in various settings
Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Language Development of Hearing and Deaf Children in Public Schools
Techniques and Applications of Interpreting
Professional Practices of the Interpreter
Internship

The course of study for the ITT concentration assumes that the student has completed the language proficiency prerequisites in American Sign Language. Upon admission to the concentration, each student will be assigned an advisor for the purpose of academic planning.

Course of Study

Required prerequisite courses for the ITT major. Each course must be completed with a grade of B- or higher.*
* substitutions may be made to meet the pre-requisite criteria
ASL 2140C
ASL 2150C
ASL 4161C
ASL 4201C
ASL 4301C

Admission to the ITT program for those who have satisfied the pre-requisite coursework is for Summer semester only.

Semester I Summer
INT 3270 Interpreting Process and Skill Development

Semester II Fall
INT 3112 Translation from English and from ASL
INT 3004 Fundamentals of Interpreting
ASL 3324 Advanced ASL Discourse

Semester III Spring
INT 3205 Interpreting I
ASL 3514 History and Culture of the Deaf

Semester IV Summer
INT 4206 Interpreting II
INT 4944 Practicum*

Semester V Fall
INT 4190 Senior Seminar in Interpreting
INT 4235 Advanced Receptive Voicing
INT 4944 Practicum*

Semester VI Spring
SPA 4962 Undergraduate Comprehensive Exam
INT 4208 Interpreting III
INT 4211 Transliterating
INT 4944 Practicum*

*Students will be assigned to a 3cr. hour practicum for one of these three semesters

Required Elective (choose one course)
SPA 3261 Language Science for CSD
SPA 3004 Intro to Language Development and Disorders
INT 4490 Intro to Cued Speech & Its Applications
SPA 3470 Culture & Diversity in CSD

Additional Requirement:
Must successfully pass the National Interpreter Certification (NIC) written examination before graduation.