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Interpreter Education
IEP 102 Introduction to Interpreting I 3 cr.
This course introduces students to the art and
profession of interpreting for deaf and hearing
persons and is designed for students who have
completed their battery of American Sign
Language courses (ASL 101, 102, 201, and
202). It covers professional requirements,
knowledge of the demands and controls in
the interpreting triad, analysis of interpretation
theory, intercultural and interlingual demands,
development of processing skills, and
guidelines for interpreting in specialized
situations. Students learn through classroom
discussions, role playing, videotapes, and
interviews of professional interpreters and
deaf/hearing consumers.
Prerequisite: ASL 202
3/0/0
IEP 111 Linguistics of
American Sign Language 3 cr.
This course introduces the study of American
Sign Language, its “phonology”, morphology,
grammar (syntax) and meaning (semantics). It
investigates geographical, generational, racial,
and gender differences. It includes similarities
and differences between English and American
Sign Language.
Prerequisite: ASL 202
3/0/0
IEP 201 Introduction to Interpreting II 3 cr.
This course focuses on the ethics, professional
behavior and skills necessary to prepare and
perform as an interpreter in a variety of
settings. It focuses on interpreting in the
mental health and social services fields and
interpreting with a varied clientele including
blind and deaf individuals.
Prerequisite: IEP 102
3/0/0
IEP 203 Discourse Analysis
for Interpreters 3 cr.
This course focuses on the analysis of
discourse in dialogic genres of English and
American Sign Language (ASL) so that interpreting
students become explicitly aware of
the features of language use in everyday life.
Students transcribe and analyze interaction
discourse features of conversations, explanations,
interviews, discussions, and other types
of dialogue genres while reading and
discussing theoretical notions underlying
language use.
Prerequisite: IEP 201
2/2/0
IEP 204 Cognitive Processing Skills 3 cr.
This course is an introduction to the mental
processing skills (pre-interpreting skills) of
consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.
This course includes an overview of the
theoretical models of interpretation, provides
skill development activities for isolated interpreting
sub-tasks and practice activities for the
integration of these tasks in translation and
consecutive interpreting activities. Course
content includes interpreting theory, visualization,
listening and comprehension,
shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual
task training, text analysis (including identification
of main point, summarizing and
structuring), cloze skills and translation. Twelve
hours of interpreter observations are required.
Prerequisite: IEP 201
3/0/0
IEP 211 Sign to Voice Interpreting 3 cr.
This course focuses on building expressive
interpreting skills, such as changing a message
from American Sign Language into spoken
English. It emphasizes theoretical components,
principles, and ethics; and discusses and
applies strategies for effective receptive
“listening” and text analysis.
Prerequisite: ASL 204, IEP 203, IEP 204
3/0/0
IEP 221 Voice to Sign Interpreting 3 cr.
This course focuses on building expressive
interpreting skills, such as changing a message
from spoken English into American Sign
Language. It emphasizes theoretical
components, principles, and ethics; and
discusses and applies strategies for effective
receptive “listening” and text analysis.
Prerequisite: ASL 204, IEP 203, IEP 204
3/0/0
IEP 232 Transliteration 3 cr.
This course focuses on changing a message
spoken in English into an English-based
language (i.e. contact language), and then
reversing the process by changing a message
from an English-based sign language into
spoken English. Practice and evaluations are
accomplished through demonstrations and
audio and/or video taped sessions.
Prerequisite: IEP 211, IEP 221
Co-requisite: IEP 242
3/0/0
IEP 242 Practicum in Interpreting 3 cr.
This course involves observation by and
placement of the student in interpreting
situations both on- and off-campus to gain
on-the-job experience. It requires a minimum
of 135 interpreting hours.
Prerequisite: IEP 211, IEP 221
Co-requisite: IEP 232
Course fee charged
Italian
ITA 101 Elementary Italian I 3 cr.
This course is for students with no knowledge
of Italian. It focuses on laying a foundation for
speaking, reading, and writing Italian.
3/0/0 FA
ITA 102 Elementary Italian II 3 cr.
This course is for students with limited
knowledge of Italian. It focuses on building
upon demonstrated skills in speaking, reading,
and writing Italian.
Prerequisite: ITA 101 or one year of high
school Italian
3/0/0 SP
ITA 201 Intermediate Italian I 3 cr.
This course focuses on speaking Italian. Class
discussion is based on cultural readings from
the Italian-speaking world. There is intensive
grammar study and composition work.
Prerequisite: ITA 102 or two years of high
school Italian or permission
3/0/0
ITA 202 Intermediate Italian II 3 cr.
This course focuses on achieving skill in
speaking Italian. Class discussion is based on
cultural readings from the Italian-speaking
world. There is intensive grammar study and
composition work.
Prerequisite: ITA 201 or permission
3/0/0
Journalism
JOU 101 Introduction to
Journalistic Writing I 3 cr.
This course introduces investigating, reporting,
and writing the variety of news stories typically
found in newspapers. Students practice
writing news stories and also study and
analyze samples of contemporary American
journalism.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: ENG 101
3/0/0 FA
JOU 102 Introduction to
Journalistic Writing II 3 cr.
This course requires students to practice
reporting and writing feature stories, editorials,
and columns. It also focuses on editing of
copy as well as writing headlines and picture
captions. Special attention is paid to samples
from contemporary American newspapers and
magazines.
Prerequisite: JOU 101
3/0/0
JOU 291 Special Projects in Journalism I 1 cr.
JOU 292 Special Projects in Journalism II 2 cr.
JOU 293 Special Projects in Journalism III 3 cr.
These courses involve specific advanced
projects in journalism approved by the
instructor. It requires three hours per week
per credit.
Prerequisite: Project approval by the instructor
To access outlines for these course descriptions, please visit http://www.bcc.edu/pages/476.asp
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