Academic Catalog

Interpreting Between American Sign Language and English Minor

Requirements

This minor provides students with an introductory and broad view of the profession and process of interpreting American Sign Language and English.

A total of 15 credits (five 3-credit courses) of 2000-level or above coursework is required.

All students enrolled in this minor are required to complete the following courses:

Course Title Credits
ASLN 2500Introduction to Interpreting: American Sign Language and English3
ASLN 2600Process of Interpreting: American Sign Language and English3
ASLN 2700Interpreting in Various Settings3
ASLN 2800Consecutive Interpreting3
Select one of the following:3
Field Study
Experiential Learning
Foreign Study
Special Topics
Variable Topics 1
Independent Study 1
Advanced American Sign Language
Advanced American Sign Language Level II
Deaf Art and Artists
Deaf Writers and American Sign Language Literature
Introduction to Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community
Cultural and Linguistic Variation in the Deaf Community
Structure of American Sign Language
Women and Gender in the Deaf World
Total Credits15
1

As approved by the Interpreting Between American Sign Language and English minor advisor. 

Only one overlapping course may be used by students doing a minor in both American Sign Language/Deaf Studies and Interpreting American Sign Language and English.

The minor is offered by American Sign Language Studies.