Registrations will be dated, and prerequisites will be checked. The second certificate provides additional educational opportunities for those who plan to enter the field of interpreting and those who have other goals related to deafness. Students who are looking for entry-level staff positions or freelance assignments or who are preparing for state quality assurance screening and national evaluation complete this program. If you test out of any of these courses, you will be granted transfer credit. The lab is non-credit and meets ten times for 60 minutes.
Lab is limited to ten students and has a different topic each quarter.
The screening will assess abilities in ASL and spoken English, knowledge of American Deaf culture and American mainstream culture, memory, and cognitive processing. All courses in the Deaf Studies program except for ENG 4501, Linguistics, are taught in American Sign Language. Tuition is charged by the credit hour. Some of our classes are 3 credits, and some are 4 credits. Please consult the Bulletin for more information.