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# STARK STATE COLLEGE GENERAL SYLLABUS
## Course Information
Course Name: Introduction to Interpreting
Course Number: ASL123
## Required Materials
Textbook(s): Humphrey, Clark, Ross, Featherstone. So You Want to Be an Interpreter? An Introduction to Sign Language Interpreting for Deaf and Hearing Students Aspiring to Become Professional Practitioners, Fifth Edition. H & H Publishing Company. 2020.
Required Readings: None
Additional Materials: None
## Course Outline/Calendar
The date of coverage and order of coverage may be modified based on the faculty member and events beyond the control of faculty members that interfere with class times and teaching.
## 16 Week Calendar
| Week | Chapter/Topic/Lab |
| 5 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 3 – Identity, Family, & Culture
Video – Deaf Culture in Rochester
Chapter 4 Quiz
Discussion Post 5 – Identity |
| 6 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 5 – Power, Privilege, and Oppression
Article – Deaf Discrimination: The Fight for Equality Continues
Chapter 5 Quiz
Discussion Post 5 – Fight for Equality |
| 7 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 6 – People of Color
Chapter 6 Quiz |
| 8 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 7 – The Deaf Journey
Chapter 7 Quiz
Discussion Post 7 – Fight for Equality |
| 9 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 8 – Mediating Ways of Being
Chapter 8 Quiz |
| 10 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 9 – Interpreting Process Models
Chapter 9 Quiz
Discussion Post 8 – These Pretzels are Making Making Me Thirsty |
| 11 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 10 – dDeaf & Differently Abled
Video – A Few Minutes in the Life of a Sign Language Interpreter
Chapter 10 Quiz
Discussion Post 9 – Life of a Siign Language Interpreter |
| 12 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 11 – Where the Jobs Are
Video – Deaf Services Unlimited Video Remote Interpreting
Video – VRS Call Example
Chapter 11 Quiz
Discussion Post 10 – Remote Interpreting |
| 13 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 12 – Principles of Practice
What Would You Do Case Studies
Chapter 12 Quiz |
| 14 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: What Would You Do Case Studies
Discussion Post 11 – What Would You Do? |
| 15 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder are all optional this week:
Video – Interpreter Salary (Can You Live On It?)
Video – Interpreting Degree?
Video – Careers Using Sign Language
Video – 100 Basic Signs |
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| Week | Chapter/Topic/Lab |
| 1 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials folder including: Start Here folder
Syllabus Quiz
Discussion Post 1 |
| 1 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 1 – Are You Ready to Begin?, Video-ASL Interpreting 101
Chapter 1 Quiz
Discussion Post 2 – Interpreting 101 |
| 2 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 2 – In the Beginning, Video-Deaf Culture 101
Chapter 2 Quiz
Discussion Post 3 – Deaf Culture 101 |
| 2 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 3 – Communication Video – Deaf Ideology
Chapter 3 Quiz
Discussion Post 4 – Deaf Ideology |
| 3 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 3 – Identity, Family, & Culture
Video – Deaf Culture in Rochester
Chapter 4 Quiz
Discussion Post 5 – Identity |
| 3 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 5 – Power, Privilege, and Oppression
Article – Deaf Discrimination: The Fight for Equality Continues
Chapter 5 Quiz
Discussion Post 5 – Fight for Equality |
| 4 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 6 – People of Color
Chapter 6 Quiz |
| 4 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 7 – The Deaf Journey
Chapter 7 Quiz
Discussion Post 7 – Fight for Equality |
| 5 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 8 – Mediating Ways of Being
Chapter 8 Quiz |
| 5 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 9 – Interpreting Process Models
Chapter 9 Quiz
Discussion Post 8 – These Pretzels are Making Making Me Thirsty |
| 6 | Read & Review: All Items listed in the Materials Folder including: Chapter 10 – dDeaf & Differently Abled
Video – A Few Minutes in the Life of a Sign Language Interpreter |
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