Minimum credit hours required: 37  

Students must demonstrate 4th semester proficiency in ASL. They must complete or be enrolled in ASL 203, ASL 110, and ITP 210 and declare intent to complete the program of study in order to apply for admission to the program. A questionnaire and preliminary assessment of sign language skills may be required.

Certificate Core Requirements: 37 credit hours

Required Foundation Courses (for admission to program): 10 credit hours
ASL 110 Intro to Deaf Studies (3)
ASL 203¹ American Sign Language V (4)
ITP 210 Intro to Prof. Interpreting and Ethics (3)

Core Courses:  27 credit hours
ASL 211 ¹ Fingerspelling and Numbers (3)
ASL 212 ¹ Linguistics and Grammar of ASL (4)
ITP 213 ¹  Consecutive Interpreting (4)
ITP 214 ¹  Simultaneous Interpreting (4)
ITP 215 ¹  Transliterating (3)
ITP 216 ¹   Educational Interpreting (3)
ITP 217 ¹  Interpreting Seminar (3)
ITP 289 ¹   Internship/Clinical field experience (3)

¹ Prerequisite or consent of instructor required.

The outcomes identified below define the knowledge and skill sets
that graduates of this program will possess at the end of their program of study.

                                  (used by permission from E. McCaffrey, American River College, CA 2007)

• Discuss and apply knowledge of linguistic, cross-cultural and interpretation theories.

• Demonstrate communicative competency in English and in ASL through effective communication in a variety of settings with speakers of varying age, gender, and ethnicity.

• Analyze, identify and apply personal, professional and ethical decisions in a manner consistent with theoretical models and standard professional practice.

• Demonstrate interpersonal competencies that foster effective communication and productive collaboration with colleagues, consumers and employers in an interpreting context.

• Formulate effective interpretations both consecutively and simultaneously.

• Develop an on-going professional action plan integrating interactions with D/deaf related organizations, connections with interpreter employers, and the implications of certification on the provision of interpreting.