Class, Field & Immersion
Classroom learning, supervised fieldwork and and immersion experiences provide you with opportunities to hone and practice your American Sign Language (ASL) skills and become a qualified ASL interpreter. This 2-year diploma program concludes with a 12-week internship. You'll spend 6 weeks each in a community and an educational setting.
You course work is sequenced and linked so that you'll need to demonstrate competency before moving on in the program.
As a graduate your knowledge and skills will include:
- advanced ASL, ASL varieties and topics
- comparative linguistics with English and ASL
- professional practice knowledge and skill
- ethics and critical thinking
- interpreting practice
- working with the deaf community in a variety of settings
