Interpreter Preparation INTR 101 – 3 Credits American Sign Language I Provides an introduction to ASL and Deaf culture. Develops basic syntactical knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) and basic vocabulary; designed for students who have little or no previous knowledge of ASL. INTR 102 – 3 Credits American Sign Language II Continues the basic language and culture study begun in ASL I; students will receive instruction in the grammatical features of ASL, vocabulary development, conversational skills. Prerequisite: INTR 101 with a minimum grade of "C" or departmental screening into ASL II INTR 106 – 2 Credits Fingerspelling and Number Use in ASL Provides instruction in receptive and expressive skill development of fingerspelled words in context as well as appropriate usage of numbers in ASL, including cardinal and ordinal systems, incorporating systems, and other independent classes of signs. Prerequisite: INTR 203 with a minimum grade of "C" or departmental screening into ASL IV INTR 111 – 2 Credits Non-Verbal Communication as a Sign Language Base Explores the non-language aspects of communication which forms an integral base for communicating in ASL; provides a sequenced series of activities designed to help the student develop skills in the vital elements of expressive communication (facial expression, body language, pantomime, and gestures), and receptive communication (face reading, body reading, and eye training). INTR 116 – 3 Credits Introduction to Interpreting Provides an introduction to the art and profession of interpreting for deaf and hearing persons; covers professional requirements, knowledge of environmental conditions, theories of interpretation and guidelines for interpreting in specialized settings. Prerequisites: ENGL 052 and RDNG 052 or ESOL 054 INTR 121 – 3 Credits Deaf Issues: Past and Present Explores the contemporary lifestyles of D/deaf and hard of hearing persons and the related topics of culture, education, linguistics, ramifications of current legislation, advocacy issues, and current technology. Prerequisites: ENGL 052 and RDNG 052 or ESOL 054 INTR 203 – 3 Credits American Sign Language III Provides further development of receptive and expressive skills, vocabulary building, grammatical structures, and conversational skills. Prerequisite: INTR 102 with a minimum grade of "C" or departmental screening into ASL III INTR 204 – 3 Credits American Sign Language IV Provides a continuation of instruction in the grammatical features of ASL, vocabulary development, and conversational skills, as well as more extensive exposure to the Deaf community. Prerequisite: INTR 203 with a minimum grade of "C" or departmental screening into ASL IV INTR 206 – 3 Credits American Sign Language V Develops language skills with more complex types of interactive, monologic, and narrative discourse in ASL; covers functional appropriateness, naturalness, and fluency including non-manual grammatical signals will be stressed as students increase their sign language vocabulary base for a variety of interpreting situations. Prerequisite: INTR 204 with a minimum grade of "B" or departmental screening into ASL V INTR 211 – 3 Credits Linguistics of American Sign Language Provides an introductory study of the phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic features of ASL; introduces sociolinguistics (including language attitudes) and knowledge of historical changes and variations in ASL. Prerequisites: INTR 106, INTR 111, INTR 116, INTR 121, INTR 204 (with a minimum grade of "B"), and completion of the ASLPI (with a minimum score of 2.0). In addition to the listed prerequisites, students must also schedule an advisement appointment with the program coordinator. INTR 216 – 3 Credits Pre-Interpreting Skills Introduces students to and provides practice in techniques of rephrasing and restructuring meaning in English; provides intralingual exercises that help students focus on meaning and on restructuring utterances in forms that are most suitable for ASL or English as a target language. Prerequisite: INTR 206 with a minimum grade of "B" and completion of the ASLPI. INTR 221 – 3 Credits English-to-Sign Transliterating Provides the opportunity to study principles and techniques involved in transliterating from spoken English to a signed form of English; examines transliterating skills such as restructuring, mouthing, and use of ASL features. Prerequisites: INTR 211 and INTR 216 INTR 222 – 3 Credits English-to-ASL Interpreting Examines how to interpret small units of monologic and dialogic discourse from English to ASL within delayed time frames; covers interpreting skills such as decalage and the interpreting technique of rephrasing. Students will learn skills such as decalage, rephrasing, and expansion. Exercises begin sententially and proceed to full discourse. Prerequisites: INTR 211 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in INTR 216 INTR 226 – 3 Credits Sign-to-English Transliterating Covers the principles and techniques involved in sign-to-English transliterating, including consecutive and simultaneous rendering from one code (signed) of English to another code (spoken) of English. Prerequisites: INTR 211 and INTR 216 INTR 227 – 3 Credits ASL-to-English Interpreting Studies the principles and techniques necessary for interpreting from American Sign Language into spoken English. Practical experience will be acquired through the use of videotape in lecture and lab settings. Exercises begin sententially and proceed to full discourse. Prerequisites: INTR 211 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in INTR 216 INTR 231 – 3 Credits Survey of Specialized Interpreting Introduces interpreting in various settings that require specialized methods, techniques, and/or considerations. Topics include principles of oral, deafblind, team, and relay interpreting and the complexities associated with legal, medical, educational, religious, performing arts, platform, and telephone settings. Prerequisites: INTR 222, INTR 226, and INTR 227 and successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in INTR 221 INTR 241 – 4 Credits Practicum Offers students an opportunity to have guided and supervised practice in the field in which they have been studying; provides a variety of settings and situations in which students are given increasing responsibility as interpreters. Prerequisite: All INTR classes must be completed with a 3.0 GPA in those INTR courses required for the certificate. Students must have completed the ASLPI with a minimum score of 2.5.