By mastering ASL, students gain both access to the culture of Deaf America and insights into features of spoken language that are often taken for granted. Learning a modally different language gives students a new sense of the power of language and an appreciation of how it shapes their world. In this way, the mastery of ASL sharpens critical-thinking skills. The program provides a firm foundation in language, linguistics, culture, and interpreting, plus a broad-based liberal arts education.
Graduates work as interpreters in such areas as higher education, advanced technology, and theatre.
The ASL Interpreter Education Project seeks to enhance the skills of interpreters currently working in the field and to increase the supply of competent interpreters in New England. See course descriptions for more information. In addition, complete the arts and sciences core curriculum and the experiential education requirement .