Interpreter Prep Program (IPP)

For more detailed course information, including contact hours and learning outcomes, review the relevant Master Course Syllabus.

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IPP 1021 Aspects of Interpreting I 3 Credits

Introduces the foundations of interpreting, explaining the historical context and the professional requirements for, being an interpreter. This course describes the professional considerations of communication variables, the Code of Professional Conduct, certifications, specialized work of interpreters, situational assessment concerns, and interpreting processing theories.

IPP 1022 Aspects of Interpreting II 3 Credits

Provides a more in-depth study of the field of interpreting expanding on the basics introduced in IPP 121. Lecture/discussion sessions will address ethical decision-making, and cultural issues, as well as the various settings in which interpreters work. Students will have opportunities to observe various professional interpreters throughout the semester.

IPP 1025 Oral Transliterating 2 Credits

Provides the student with the opportunity to develop basic oral communication facilitation skills. The course allows the student the advantage of learning the different techniques in rendering effective oral communication facilitation between consumers.

IPP 1031 Text Analysis 3 Credits

Focuses on learning and utilization of a sequenced method of preparing for interpreting assignments and analyzing English spoken text. Students will also increase their English and ASL vocabulary and learn to understand cultural implications in those languages.

IPP 1032 Interpretation Analysis 3 Credits

Follows IPP 131 and is a continuation of the work begun in that course. The focus in this course is for students to interpret fully analyzed English texts and to analyze their own interpretations. Students will learn to see what they do well and what needs improvement as well as to develop exercises to improve their work. Students will continue the vocabulary work begun in IPP 131, further increasing English/Sign vocabulary and idioms.

IPP 1045 Deaf People in Society 2 Credits

Expands the student`s knowledge of the impact of deafness on the development of language and cognition and the socialization of Deaf individuals in a Hearing World.

IPP 1047 Survey of Deaf Culture 3 Credits

Surveys the factors that contribute to defining Deaf persons as members of a cultural minority. This course will look at the impact of language on the culture as well as the role of norms, values, traditions, and minority groups within Deaf culture. Attention will also be given to identity and membership in Deaf culture.

IPP 2005 Educational Interpreting 4 Credits

Helps students gain insight into the roles of the interpreter/tutor in the mainstream environment, and to recognize the implications of child development and classroom interaction patterns on interpreting. Students also discuss tutoring strategies.

IPP 2007 Specialized and Technical Communication 2 Credits

Expands their repertoire of specialized and technical sign terminology and apply them in appropriate contexts.

IPP 2025 English to ASL Interpreting 3 Credits

Provides the student an opportunity to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills, working from spoken English to American Sign Language.

IPP 2027 ASL to English Interpreting 3 Credits

Provides the student an opportunity to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills, working from American Sign Language to spoken English.

IPP 2029 Transliterating 3 Credits

Provides the student with knowledge of transliterating techniques and to develop skills in transliterating spoken English into signed English. The student is introduced to the concept of transliterating and the differences in transliterating and interpreting.

IPP 2035 Advanced Interpreting 4 Credits

Provides the student an opportunity to refine skills in ASL/English interpretation and transliteration.

IPP 2079 Interpreter Seminar 0-12 Credits

To be determined by the individual instructor. A Course Description will be developed for each course and documented within the course syllabus. Refer to the SFCC Style Guide for Course Description, Required Course Learning Outcome, and Topical Outline guidelines.

IPP 2081 Internship 0-12 Credits