NOTE: Admission to this certificate is suspended for Academic Year 2026-27.

Certificate Requirements

The ASL/English Interpreting Undergraduate Certificate is a 15 credit hour certificate that prepares students for the graduate certificate in Professional ASL/English Interpreting. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
ASLD 501	Introduction to the ASL/English Interpreting Profession	3
ASLD 502	Theories of Interpreting: Co-Constructions of Meaning	3
ASLD 603	Interpreting: Mediated Interactions in Communications	3
ASLD 610	Psychological Effects of Interpreting	3
ASLD 638	Topics in Interpreting: _____	3
Total Hours		15

At the completion of this program, students will be able to: 

• Demonstrate advanced linguistic competence and flexibility in American Sign Language (ASL) and English by effectively communicating in a variety of routine personal and professional situations with native and non-native ASL signers of varied age, race, gender, education, socio-economic status, and ethnicity.
• Perform the functions and responsibilities of a novice professional ASL - English interpreter in solo and teamed practice.
• Apply academic knowledge about the responsibilities, ethics, aptitudes, and professional credentialing of ASL-English interpreters in order to advocate for Deaf, Deafblind, and hard of hearing people's access to qualified interpreting and other accommodations in organizations, institutions, and contexts.
• Apply internalized, objective and de-personalized languages to discuss one's interpreting and translation work and that other colleagues.
• Analyze and apply knowledge of discourse settings and structures for efficient, effective interpreting and translation practice.
• Demonstrate professionalism skills and temperament that demonstrates integrity, self-awareness, and discretion by monitoring and managing personal and professional role conflicts and conflicts of interest.