Undergraduate

Fall Term Schedule

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Fall 2020

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
ASLA 101-1 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Michael Balint MWF 2:00PM - 2:50PM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Gavett Hall Room 310 (MWF 2:00PM - 2:50PM)
ASLA 101-2 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel MTR 6:15PM - 7:05PM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lattimore Room 110 (MTR 6:15PM - 7:05PM)
ASLA 101-3 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lechase Room 141 (MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM)
ASLA 101-4 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lechase Room 141 (MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM)
ASLA 101-5 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Norma Tourangeau MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lattimore Room 110 (MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM)
ASLA 101-6 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lattimore Room 110 (MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM)
ASLA 101-7 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lechase Room 141 (MWF 10:25AM - 11:15AM)
ASLA 101-8 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Location Lattimore Room 110 (MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM)
ASLA 102-1 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Michael Balint MTR 4:50PM - 5:40PM
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Lattimore Room 210 (MTR 4:50PM - 5:40PM)
ASLA 102-2 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Michael Balint TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Instruction permission Location Dewey Room 2110D (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 102-3 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Kathleen Rozanski MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Morey Room 501 (MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM)
ASLA 105-1 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Michael Balint MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Lattimore Room 210 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 105-2 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Lechase Room 141 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ASLA 105-3 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Lattimore Room 210 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ASLA 105-4 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Norma Tourangeau TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Location Lattimore Room 110 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 106-1 Intermediate Asl II Guillaume Chastel MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
The fourth in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational and narrative skills in ASL. Students will learn and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. An introduction to analysis of grammatical principles and functions will be included. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.NOTE: MUST obtain permission code from ASL Program advisor to register for this course. ASL Majors & Minors will be permitted to register first. Prerequisites: ASL 105 in the immediately preceding semester or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 105 Location Lechase Room 163 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 201-1 Intro to ASLLiterature Guillaume Chastel TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
This course will introduce students to ASL literature by studying selected videos. Student will learn the origin, characteristics of ASL literature. Emphasis will be placed on historical background, meaning of the story content, discussion of grammatical features, styles revealed in these contexts and many different examples of literature delivered in American Sign Language (ASL): stories, humor, poems and folklore. Prerequisites: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor Location Lechase Room 141 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ASLA 202-1 His&Cult of Amer Deaf Cmmnty Guillaume Chastel TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
An overview of various aspects of American Deaf culture, including descriptions of deafness, Deaf history, education, art and sports will allow students to explore and discuss issues facing the Deaf community. Contrasting a Deaf cultural view with the majority medical view will be discussed. Analysis of the local Deaf community is required. Prerequisites: ASL 105 or permission of the instructor Location Lattimore Room 210 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
ASLA 203-1 Advanced Asl Norma Tourangeau MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
The fifth in a sequence of course, this course is designed for the advanced study of ASL. It provides students with the opportunity to increase their ASL expressive competence, and to use ASL in a variety of discourse and narrative settings. Skills to be developed are: storytelling, semantic awareness analysis, in-depth exploration of ASL grammar and complex uses of space, ways of making transitions between ideas, use of classifiers, and determining appropriate perspective in specific texts. Experience with the local Deaf community through interviews is required. Satisfies the upper level writing requirement. Prerequisites: ASL 106 in the immediately preceding semester or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106 Location Lechase Room 104 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 204-1 Theory&Prac Sign Lang Interp Valene Przybylo-Souky TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of Sign Language interpreting in the United States. This survey will provide students with the tools necessary for understanding: 1) the history of sign language interpreting and its impact on current models of interpreter processing, 2) the work that interpreters do, 3) the ethical foundations of the field, and 4) the multi-faceted issues related to working across languages and cultures.The course follows a seminar format and is highly interactive in nature to encourage critical thinking based on in-class discussions, assigned readings, and student projects. Prerequisites: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor. Location Lattimore Room 110 (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ASLA 260-1 Language & Psycholinguistics Chung-Lin Yang MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
An overview of the nature and processing of human languages, including comparisons between language and animal communication systems, a consideration of the biological bases of human language, and discussion of the cognitive mechanisms used in producing and understanding language. Students taking this course should have a background in at least one of the fields pertinent to the material of the course: language structure, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, or general psychology. Location Online Room 2 (ASE) (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ASLA 280-1 Deaf-Related Careers Norma Tourangeau TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Bringing together historical information and career preparation strategies for teaching, service provision and other related fields, this course is designed to provide an understanding of the interaction between hearing signers and deaf signers in various professional settings. Inherent in these interactions is the concept of Third Culture?, the place where deaf and hearing people meet and relate with one another; a neutral zone where the cultures of each group sometimes co-exist and sometimes collide. The course also provides an opportunity to explore ways of navigating this Third Culture zone as hearing people work and interact with deaf people.The course follows a seminar format and is highly interactive in nature to encourage discussions based on in-class lectures, assigned readings, and student projects. Prerequisites: ASL 106 and either ASL ASL 113, 201 or 202 in the immediately preceding semester, or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106 Location Lattimore Room 110 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ASLA 391-1 Independent Study – –
Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.
ASLA 392-1 Practicum – –
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ASLA 394-1 Internship – –
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ASLA 395-1 Independent Research – –
Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
ASLA 102-1 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Michael Balint
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 101-2 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
Monday and Wednesday
ASLA 105-1 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Michael Balint
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 106-1 Intermediate Asl II Guillaume Chastel
The fourth in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational and narrative skills in ASL. Students will learn and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. An introduction to analysis of grammatical principles and functions will be included. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.NOTE: MUST obtain permission code from ASL Program advisor to register for this course. ASL Majors & Minors will be permitted to register first. Prerequisites: ASL 105 in the immediately preceding semester or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 105
ASLA 203-1 Advanced Asl Norma Tourangeau
The fifth in a sequence of course, this course is designed for the advanced study of ASL. It provides students with the opportunity to increase their ASL expressive competence, and to use ASL in a variety of discourse and narrative settings. Skills to be developed are: storytelling, semantic awareness analysis, in-depth exploration of ASL grammar and complex uses of space, ways of making transitions between ideas, use of classifiers, and determining appropriate perspective in specific texts. Experience with the local Deaf community through interviews is required. Satisfies the upper level writing requirement. Prerequisites: ASL 106 in the immediately preceding semester or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106
ASLA 260-1 Language & Psycholinguistics Chung-Lin Yang
An overview of the nature and processing of human languages, including comparisons between language and animal communication systems, a consideration of the biological bases of human language, and discussion of the cognitive mechanisms used in producing and understanding language. Students taking this course should have a background in at least one of the fields pertinent to the material of the course: language structure, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, or general psychology.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
ASLA 101-8 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 101-4 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 101-6 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Guillaume Chastel
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 101-5 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Norma Tourangeau
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 101-7 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 101-3 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
ASLA 102-3 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Kathleen Rozanski
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 101-1 Beginning Amer Sign Lang I Michael Balint
An introductory course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned.
Tuesday and Thursday
ASLA 280-1 Deaf-Related Careers Norma Tourangeau
Bringing together historical information and career preparation strategies for teaching, service provision and other related fields, this course is designed to provide an understanding of the interaction between hearing signers and deaf signers in various professional settings. Inherent in these interactions is the concept of Third Culture?, the place where deaf and hearing people meet and relate with one another; a neutral zone where the cultures of each group sometimes co-exist and sometimes collide. The course also provides an opportunity to explore ways of navigating this Third Culture zone as hearing people work and interact with deaf people.The course follows a seminar format and is highly interactive in nature to encourage discussions based on in-class lectures, assigned readings, and student projects. Prerequisites: ASL 106 and either ASL ASL 113, 201 or 202 in the immediately preceding semester, or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106
ASLA 105-2 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 202-1 His&Cult of Amer Deaf Cmmnty Guillaume Chastel
An overview of various aspects of American Deaf culture, including descriptions of deafness, Deaf history, education, art and sports will allow students to explore and discuss issues facing the Deaf community. Contrasting a Deaf cultural view with the majority medical view will be discussed. Analysis of the local Deaf community is required. Prerequisites: ASL 105 or permission of the instructor
ASLA 102-2 Beginning Amer Sign Lang II Michael Balint
A continuation course in American Sign Language as developed and used by the Deaf community in most areas of North America. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of every lesson with a focus on expressing the language. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and us. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. You learn conversational strategies to help you maintain a conversation. Students will also be exposed to Deaf Culture/history and native signers modeling appropriate language and cultural behaviors in various situations. Interaction activities allow you to rehearse what youve learned. Experience with the local Deaf community is required. Instruction permission
ASLA 105-4 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Norma Tourangeau
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 105-3 Intermed Americn Sign Lang I Pamela Nickels
The third in a sequence of courses, this course focuses on further development of conversational skills in ASL. Students will acquire and expand different conversational strategies and increase ASL vocabulary. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. Information on Deaf Culture/history will be expanded. Experience with the local Deaf community is required.
ASLA 201-1 Intro to ASLLiterature Guillaume Chastel
This course will introduce students to ASL literature by studying selected videos. Student will learn the origin, characteristics of ASL literature. Emphasis will be placed on historical background, meaning of the story content, discussion of grammatical features, styles revealed in these contexts and many different examples of literature delivered in American Sign Language (ASL): stories, humor, poems and folklore. Prerequisites: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor
ASLA 204-1 Theory&Prac Sign Lang Interp Valene Przybylo-Souky
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of Sign Language interpreting in the United States. This survey will provide students with the tools necessary for understanding: 1) the history of sign language interpreting and its impact on current models of interpreter processing, 2) the work that interpreters do, 3) the ethical foundations of the field, and 4) the multi-faceted issues related to working across languages and cultures.The course follows a seminar format and is highly interactive in nature to encourage critical thinking based on in-class discussions, assigned readings, and student projects. Prerequisites: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor.