American Sign Language Course Descriptions
Certificate(CRT.ASL/IEP)
Whenever people from two cultures that use different languages try to communicate, the message often needs interpretation. For instance, when (hearing) individuals who speak English try to communicate with Deaf individuals who use Sign Language (ASL), a qualified Interpreter for the Deaf is often requested, and sometimes mandated by law. Job opportunities in this rapidly expanding profession have increased especially since the enactment of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Qualified Interpreters for the Deaf are employed by public and private agencies or institutions within education, social services, rehabilitation, medicine, mental health, criminal justice, business, and the arts, especially the theatre.
Thus, this program is designed to prepare students for the written and performance screening tests given by the New Jersey Division of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DDHH) or for an entry level career as an Interpreter of the Deaf.
Students planning either should (both during and after their education) expose themselves to ASL and the Deaf Community in preparation of "DDHH" screening tests or in preparation of the career.
Students who complete the ASL/IE Certificate requirements should be able to:
- Understand and express ASL messages that incorporate statements, questions, spatial location, classifiers, conditionals, rhetorical questions and idioms;
- Identify and use various linguistic structures of ASL including the parameters (I.E. hand shape, location, movement) of signs;
- Use and respond to facial expressions, gestures, and other nonverbal cues in ASL;
- Incorporate fingerspelling appropriately in a message;
- Define terms in the field of deafness and Deaf Culture;
- Discuss basic historical, social, political, recreational, medical, education, and linguistic issues that effect individuals who are Deaf/Hard of hearing;
- Give basic examples of geographical, generational, ethnic. and gender differences in ASL state the Code of Ethics as delineated by the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (RID), act in accordance with them, and persuasively discuss ethical issues that arise within the profession;
- Apply an understanding of interpreting in various settings and fields such as education, mental health, medicine, law, social services and with varied clientele including individuals who are deaf and blind
- Change a message from an English-based sign language into spoken English;
- Change a message from spoken English into an English-based sign language;
| General Education Courses |
Credits |
| Written Communications (ENG 101 required) |
3 |
| SPE 101 Effective Oral Communication |
3 |
| ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I |
3 |
| ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II |
3 |
| IEP 102 Interpreter Ethics |
3 |
| IEP 201 Introduction to Interpreting |
3 |
| IEP 111 Comparative Linguistics |
3 |
| IEP 211 Sign to Voice Interpreting |
3 |
| IEP 221 Voice to Sign Interpreting |
3 |
| IEP 221 Transliteration |
3 |
| IEP 242 Practicum in Interpreting |
4 |
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| Total |
34 |
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| Program Courses |
Credits |
BUA 101  Business Functions in a Global Society |
3 |
| ENG 102 College Compositions II |
3 |
| ENG 106 Business Communications |
3 |
| ENG 252 Semantics |
3 |
| MTH 104 Business Mathematics |
3 |
| THR 105 Fundamentals of Acting |
3 |
| SPE 102 Public Speaking |
3 |
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| Total |
30 |
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| Total Required for Degree |
62-64 |
NOTE for transfer students ONLY : Applications for transfer into this option will be available Fall 2001 for acceptance into this option Fall 2002. However, application to BCC can be submitted at any time, and General Education Requirements can be taken prior to acceptance into Interpreter Education courses.
Contact Josie Durkow ext. 1318
Last Updated: 09/10/08
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