Interpreting Major
The interpreting major combines courses to build your competence in American Sign Language with courses tailored to develop your analytical and communication skills for interpreting spoken English into ASL.
See below for a sample course sequence. Upon admission, you will work with an adviser to tailor your courses to fit your individual needs.
Fall
CORE 1000: The Reflective Woman
ASL 1110: Beginning ASL I
Winter
ASL 1120: Beginning ASL II
Fall
ASL 2110: Intermediate ASL I
ASL 2010: Introduction to American Deaf Culture
Winter
ASL 2120: Intermediate ASL II
INTP 2020: Intro to the Interpreting Profession
ASL 2500 Fingerspelling Lab
Fall
ASL 3110: Advanced ASL I
INTP 3050: ASL and English Text Analysis
INTP 3210: Ethics and Decision Making
Winter
ASL 3120: Advanced ASL II
INTP 3060: ASL/English Translation
Fall
INTP 4050: Consecutive Interpreting
ASL 3130: Conversational ASL or INTP 4410: Educational Interpreting
CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice
Winter
INTP 4060: Simultaneous Transliteration and Interpretation
INTP 4310: Healthcare Interpreting
INTP 4210: Senior Seminar
INTP 4602: Internship
ASL 3330: ASL Classifiers
For detailed course descriptions, visit the courses page.
In addition to the ASL/Interpreting courses above, a number of supporting courses and the baccalaureate liberal arts and sciences core requirements are required to complete the interpreting major.
Requirements for second major
Students completing the ASL or interpreting majors as a second major certificate must complete required ASL prerequisite courses but are exempt from other supporting courses and baccalaureate liberal arts and sciences core requirements.
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