SIGN 266 - Post-Secondary Interpreting

2 Credit Hour(s) / 2 Billing Hour(s)
Designed for students intending to become sign language interpreters, this course provides simulated testing settings using live or pre-recorded movies of hearing and deaf instructors giving classroom-appropriate lectures. Students will develop teaming skills, feedback skills, and interpreting skills. Students will practice interpreting approaches and skills for a variety of academic topics. Students will analyze lectures at message level and begin to apply principles of discourse analysis. Student must complete sixty (60) practicum hours during the semester, for a minimum of 240 hours, while also satisfying the individual category requirements.

Semesters Offered: Summer
Prerequisite(s): Minimum 2.5 in (SIGN 263 and SIGN 267)
Placement Scores: Reading Level 5 and Writing Level 4
Course Note: Student must have completed one hundred eighty (180) practicum hours prior to taking SIGN 266