American Sign Language—English Interpreting, BS (Boston)

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Major Requirements

To begin the interpreting skills course sequence (INTP course numbers 3510 and higher), students must pass an American Sign Language (ASL) competency assessment at the intermediate/advanced level and maintain a minimum of 2.750 GPA in all AMSL, INTP, and DEAF courses.  Students must also maintain an overall minimum 2.500 GPA.

Students with prior ASL skills may be allowed to waive up to the first four AMSL courses by taking the language placement assessment. Waived courses must be replaced by electives.

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | American Sign Language | | | | AMSL 1101 | Elementary ASL 1 | 4 | | AMSL 1102 | Elementary ASL 2 | 4 | | AMSL 2101 | Intermediate ASL 1 | 4 | | AMSL 2102 | Intermediate ASL 2 | 4 | | AMSL 3101 | Advanced ASL 1 | 4 | | AMSL 3102 | Advanced ASL 2 | 4 | | Social and Cultural World | | | | DEAF 1500 | Deaf People in Society | 4 | | DEAF 2500 | Deaf History and Culture | 4 | | Linguistics | | | | LING 1150 | Introduction to Linguistics | 4 | | DEAF 2700 | ASL Linguistics | 4 | | Interpreting | | | | INTP 3500 | The Interpreting Profession | 2 | | INTP 3510 | Interpreting Inquiry Texts | 4 | | INTP 3515 | Interpreting Narrative Texts | 4 | | INTP 3550 | Interpreting Scripted Texts | 4 | | INTP 4510 | Interpreting Expository Texts | 4 | | INTP 4515 | Interpreting Persuasive Texts | 4 | | Interpreting Practicum | | | | INTP 4995 | Interpreting Practicum | 4 | | Ethics | | | | INTP 4650 | Ethical Decision Making | 4 | | INTP 4651 | Ethical Fieldwork | 2 | | Research Capstone | | | | INTP 3970 | Research Methods | 4 | | INTP 4940 | Interpreting Research Capstone | 4 |

GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.750 GPA required in all AMSL, INTP, and DEAF courses\ Minimum 2.500 overall GPA required

Credit Requirement

Complete 84 semester hours in the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

129 total semester hours required

Four Years, No Co-op