LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Sign Language Interpreter
Associate in Applied Arts Degree
Curriculum Code: 0282 (Effective Fall 2002 - Summer 2007)
The Sign Language Interpreter is a person specially trained to facilitate
communication between the deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing communities.
Employment opportunities may be in educational settings, freelance, or
contracted with agencies to provide interpreter services for deaf persons.
State certification for interpreters is required by taking the Quality
Assurance Examination as issued through the Division on Deafness in the
Department of Labor for the State of Michigan. Not all courses in this
program transfer to all colleges. Students planning to transfer should see an
academic advisor or counselor before enrolling in any course.
PREREQUISITES
Students should see Course Descriptions or Course Offerings for course
prerequisite information. See the Assessment and Placement Testing section
for skills assessment and advising information.
GENERAL EDUCATION
General education is an important part of this program and includes a
mathematics competency requirement. To fulfill the mathematics competency
requirement, students may need to complete specific course work in
mathematics. See the General Education Core Requirements section for
information on how to fulfill these requirements.
INFORMATION
Contact the Communication Department, Arts and Sciences Building, Room 211,
telephone number (517) 483-1040.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 53 CREDITS
CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
SIGN 160 Orientation to Deafness 2
SIGN 161 American Sign Language I 3
SIGN 162 American Sign Language II 3
SIGN 163 American Sign Language III 3
SIGN 166 Fingerspelling 2
SIGN 167 Beginning Sign to Voice 3
SIGN 168 Expressive Manual Commun 2
SIGN 170 Creative Arts Signing 2
SIGN 176 Advanced Fingerspelling 2
SIGN 240 Interpreting/Transliterating 3
SIGN 250 Deaf Culture and History 3
SIGN 260 Linguistic Principles of ASL 3
SIGN 261 Principles of Interpreting 3
SIGN 262 Mock Quality Assurance (QA) 3
SIGN 263 Intermediate Sign to Voice 3
SIGN 264 Advanced Sign to Voice 3
SIGN 265 Adv Interpreting/Transliterat 3
SIGN 267 Sign Internship I 3
SIGN 268 Sign Internship II 3
SIGN 295 Indep. Study in Sign Language 1-3
LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 12 CREDITS
Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below.
CHOICE 1: General Education Core Areas (See Note 2) 12 Credits
(See the "GENERAL EDUCATION" section above)
Writing Core Area 3
Speech Communication Core Area 3
Science/Technology Core Area 3
Global Perspectives and Diversity Core Area 3
Mathematics Competency (See the General Education Core
Requirement section on how to fulfill this mathematics
requirement. Course work may be needed.)
MINIMUM TOTAL 65
NOTES:
1. An interpreter screening is required after the successful completion of
SIGN 163 and SIGN 167 and prior to registering for SIGN 261.
2. Students completing "REQUIREMENTS" have fulfilled the requirements for
these Core areas.
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to
offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course
sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have
transferred in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill)
should contact an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments.
I II III IV
SIGN 160 SIGN 162 SIGN 163 SIGN 240
SIGN 161 SIGN 166 SIGN 167 SIGN 261
Lim.Ch.1 Lim.Ch.1 SIGN 168
Lim.Ch.1 Lim.Ch.1 SIGN 170
SIGN 176
V VI VII
SIGN 250 SIGN 262 SIGN 260
SIGN 263 SIGN 264 SIGN 265
SIGN 267 SIGN 268
SIGN 295
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