A practicum experience is required in the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies major. This involves a practical experience in a professional environment with supervision by an agency staff person approved by the Department. For those students majoring in Child Development and Learning with Teacher Licensure, the internship is the student teaching experience. This is a full-day, supervised teaching experience in at least two classrooms of two different grade levels under the guidance of Maryville College faculty and cooperating classroom teachers. It is typically done during the last semester of the curriculum.
Placements are in settings in which working with children is the primary activity.
Psychology Practical experiences that apply the knowledge and skills of one s major course of study in a setting beyond the College can provide unique learning opportunities while testing the student s interest in a particular career or profession. These experiences may be gained in a wide variety of mental health and human services organizations. Because psychology is such a broad field, there may be other types of organizations that may be suitable as a field site, as long as the experience can be related to psychology. Sign Language Interpreting A supervised internship in an approved off-campus agency is an essential and required part of the major program. This is a practical experience in an approved facility under the supervision of an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or who has other credentials which the major advisor approves.