Interpreter Education

Associate in Applied Science Degree

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This program provides a solid foundation of the theory and skill sets required for Sign Language Interpreters, develops a strong foundation for students who choose to transfer to bachelor’s programs in Interpreter Education, and begins the critical preparation required for practitioners seeking to sit for National Level Certification Exams.  The program is founded on best practice for sign language interpreters and provides a template for application of skills in a variety of settings.  Completion of this program will provide comprehensive knowledge and practice for students desiring to continue their education in this field.

Goal 1 To provide students with the knowledge they need for employment in educational interpretation

  • Graduates will secure employment in a Pre-K –12 and /or post-secondary educational setting, within one year of completing their degree
  • Demonstrate a broad knowledge of theory and principles regarding interpreting in an educational setting
  • Demonstrate a broad knowledge of theory and principles of Sign Language interpreting as it relates to an educational setting
  • Demonstrate proficiency in American Sign Language
  • Explain the criteria for abuse and neglect and the reporting process
  • Explain the factors associated with violence in the schools and the prevention of violence in a school setting
  • Obtain the certifications in Child Abuse and Neglect and in Violence Prevention

Goal 2 To provide students with the skills they need for employment in educational interpreting

  • Demonstrate competence in using skills in interpreting such as: receptive and expressive skills, analysis and interpretation of the macrostructure and microstructure of academic texts, translation of frozen texts, an introduction to team interpreting, and production of transliterations which are appropriate for contact language situations, apply text analysis skills to the simultaneous English to ASL and ASL to English interpreting tasks, apply the principles of diagnostic feedback, affect equivalency between source and target languages, is text analysis and consecutively producing an equivalent message in the targeted language, interpreting management strategies for ASL to spoken English interpreting and spoken English to ASL interpreting
  • Demonstrate behaviors that indicate cultural awareness and respect for the inherent worth, dignity and self-determination of individuals in the population

Goal 3 To provide students with an opportunity to communicate in professional and academic environments

  • Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing in academic and professional settings
  • Demonstrate understanding and application of professional ethics and behaviors

Goal 4 To provide students with an understanding of the process and methods of social science research

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and theories of scientific methods of social science research used in this field

Goal 5 To prepare students for transfer to related bachelors programs

  • Graduates will transfer with full junior level status
  • Graduates will maintain or improve their GPA at the transfer institution

Goal 6 To prepare students to demonstrate information literacy

  • Students will use traditional and contemporary information technology
  • Students will identify, access, and appropriately use authoritative sources of information

(a) Mathematics Elective: Students should select from MA108, MA110, MA115, MA121, MA125, MA131, MA139, MA150, MA151, or MA172.

(b) Natural Science Elective: Students should select from BI103, BI105, BI141, BI216, CH101, CH111, CH120, CH131, CH141, GL100, GL101, GL102, PH106, PH112, PH141, PH151, PH261, or WE101.

(c) Arts Elective: Students should select from EN197, HU183, HU184, HU187, HU188, HU204, HU205, HU210, HU292, PT205, TH193, or TH195.