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  • ASL 3060: American Sign Language Proficiency

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 2020G OR Department Approval; University Advanced Standing. Evaluates the standards of American Sign Language proficiency and cultural competency. Requires that students achieve minimally the Intermediate High level as per the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines to pass. Is required for Deaf Studies Interpreting Emphasis courses and admission to the ASL & Deaf Studies Secondary Education major. Requires a language proficiency interview. May be graded credit/no credit. Taught in American Sign Language.Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • ASL 3150R: ASL Conversation III

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (ASL 2020G or equivalent knowledge) and University Advanced Standing. Offers intermediate ASL users opportunities to enhance their proficiency in the target language by focusing on production. Centers on discussions from a selected reading list in 'book club' form. Teaches how to improve authentic pronunciation, reduce errors in authenticity of language structure, generate thought in the target language spontaneously as a substitute for translation, and sharpen comprehension for natural conversational flow. Contrasts with all other third-year courses which are more content based. Facilitates lowering the affective filter when conversing in the target language by increasing the frequency of conversational opportunities. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits toward graduation.
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  • ASL 3310: Foundations of Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Introduces bidirectional (ASL-to-English and English-to-ASL) interpreting between Deaf and hearing people. Studies the profession and skills necessary to be an interpreter. Includes history, models, and professional certification procedures of interpreting; cognitive processes, physical and psychological factors, intercultural communication, ethics, and situational interpreting. Deaf students are encouraged to enroll.. This course may be taught as a hybrid.
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  • ASL 3320: Physiology of Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 2020G and University Advanced Standing. Introduces students to skills and processes required to maintain health and wellbeing in the physically demanding and high stress field of interpreting. Develops cognitive, ergonomic, and dual tasking abilities required to interpret without stress or physical injury. Helps students better understand how a healthy lifestyle and developing good habits can improve their skills and prevent injury.
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  • ASL 3330: Cross Cultural Communication and Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3310 and University Advanced Standing.. Builds on ASL 3310. Focuses heavily on the practice of interpreting with special emphasis on the dimension of intercultural communication. Requires regular skill-building exercises in both consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, both English-to-ASL and ASL-to-English. Deaf students are encouraged to enroll. Taught in ASL.
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  • ASL 3340: Interpreting as a Profession

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3310 and University Advanced Standing. Builds on the principles (ASL-to-English and English-to-ASL) for interpreting between Deaf and hearing people taught in Interpreting I. Studies the profession and skills necessary to be an interpreter in more specialized settings such as medical, legal, mental health, and theatre. Includes history, models, and professional certification procedures of interpreting; cognitive processes, physical and psychological factors, intercultural communication, ethics, and situational interpreting. Deaf students are encouraged to enroll.
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  • ASL 3350: Consecutive Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3310, ASL 3060, matriculation into the Interpreting Emphasis, and University Advanced Standing. Introduces skills and processes required to produce consecutive interpretations. Focuses on developing basic cognitive, semantic, and dual tasking abilities required to interpret rehearsed and/or spontaneous texts. Teaches to incorporate semantic choice, register, and ethical behavioral decisions and understand how they impact interpretation. Develops sets of technical or field-specific signs and applies these to interpretative work. Includes one-hour per week lab. Taught in ASL.. Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • ASL 3360: Simultaneous Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3350 and matriculation into the Interpreting Emphasis and University Advanced Standing. Introduces skills and processes required to produce simultaneous interpretations. Focuses on transitioning from consecutive interpreting to time-limited simultaneous interpreting. Develops cognitive, semantic, and dual tasking abilities required to interpret spontaneous texts. Teaches and incorporates more advanced semantic choices and negotiation techniques. Works with a variety of audience sizes and types. Teaches how ethics impact behavioral decisions and interpretations. Gives more consideration to developing sets of technical or field-specific signs and applying these to interpretative work. Includes one-hour per week lab. Taught in ASL.. Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • ASL 3375: Ethics for Interpreters

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3310 and University Advanced Standing. Provides students advanced study and skills development in ethical decision making while interpreting between Deaf (including Deaf-blind) and hearing populations, including interpreting in Educational, Higher Ed. Legal, Mental Health and Medical situations. Helps students develop the ethical understanding needed to become truly professional interpreters. Provides extensive individual feedback to rapidly improve students' interpreting skills and understanding of the complex nature of interpreting ethics. This course may be taught as a hybrid.
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  • ASL 3380: Transliteration

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3360, matriculation into the Interpreting Emphasis and University Advanced Standing. Introduces skills and processes required to produce conceptually accurate and linguistically appropriate messages using ASL signs in an English word order. Develops cognitive, semantic, and dual tasking abilities required to interpret spontaneous texts. Teaches and incorporates more advanced semantic choices and negotiation techniques. Works with a variety of audience sizes and types. Teaches how ethics impact behavioral decisions and interpretations. Gives more consideration to developing sets of technical or field-specific signs and applying these to interpretative work. Includes one-hour per week lab.
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