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BA in Interpretation (BAI) Degree Program of Study for Interpretation Majors

Department of Interpretation and Translation (DoIT)

http://www.gallaudet.edu/department-of-interpretation-and-translation

Gallaudet University

Student Name:

Gallaudet ID#:

Major (Interpretation or BAI) Advisor:

Academic Advising (AA) Advisor:

Contact your AA advisor for providing advising on GSR courses. The AA department is in Jordan Student Academic Center (JSAC), on the second floor.

Date of Declared Major in Interpretation:

Hearing Undergraduate + BAI contract? Yes No If yes, Date:

Anticipated graduation year:

Graduation form completed and submitted to the Registrar’s Office? Yes No

Due: December (Year) for May (Year) BAI graduation

Send the BAI program coordinator your DoIT Student Code of Professional Conduct Signed form? Yes No Date:

ASLPI Score: Date:

NIC/CDI Knowledge Examination Date of your passed knowledge exam:

Check the RID website, www.rid.org, to obtain information on registering and taking National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Knowledge Examination and Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) Knowledge Examinations.

·  GIS provides on-site NIC and CDI Knowledge Examinations and results will be given in around 6 weeks.

·  RID website provides online NIC and CDI Knowledge Examinations and results will be given on the same day a NIC or CDI Knowledge Examination taken.

Course Waiver/Substitution Forms Needed? Yes No

If yes, you will need to make sure that you have all of your course waiver/substitution forms completed and submitted to the Registrar’s Office prior to your BAI degree graduation. You and your BAI advisor each will need to keep a copy of all these forms for your and the BAI advisor’s files of your academic records.

Are you a transfer student? Yes No

·  If yes, how many transfer credits?

·  Are you requesting a financial assistance? Yes No

Transfer credits and Financial Assistance

With a transfer student’s three years of undergraduate studies at Gallaudet University, the maximum number of transfer credits for requesting a financial assistance is 56 transfer credits.

With a transfer student’s two years of undergraduate studies at Gallaudet University, the maximum number of transfer credits for requesting a financial assistance is 80 transfer credits.

If the number of your transfer credits is above the maximum number, you can work with your BAI advisor to determine which transfer credits will be counted towards your Gallaudet graduation degree.

Checklist

General Studies Requirements (GSR, total 37 credits)

Freshmen Foundation Courses (4 courses, total 12 credits)

____GSR 101 First Year Seminar (3)

Prerequisite: Qualifying performance on the English assessment or screening.

____GSR 102 Critical Reading and Writing (3)

Prerequisite: Qualifying performance on the English assessment or screening.

____GSR 103 ASL and Deaf Studies (3)

Prerequisite: Grade of B or better in ASL 211 or qualifying performance on the ASL placement test or department approval

____GSR 104 Qualitative Reasoning Approach (3)

Prerequisite: Qualifying performance on the English assessment or screening; passing ASL screening; high school algebra and passing the math screening test or passing MAT 040.

Career Development (1 course, total 1 credit)

____GSR 110 (CAP) Career Development Workshop (1)

Prerequisites or Co-requisites: GSR 150; or Permission of Career Center Director

This course covers resume, interview, etc. —few class sessions. This course does not have a credit and is required towards a BA/BS degree graduation. This course’s previous/old prefix was CAP. If you have experience with producing a resume and taking a job interview, provide your AA a document showing this experience so you may be waived from taking this course.

Integrated Learning Courses (5 courses, total 20 credits)

____GSR 150 Introduction to Integrated Learning (4)

Prerequisite: GSR 101, 102

Prerequisites or Co-requisites: GSR 103

If you have at least 25 transferred credits, you may be waived from taking this course. Students must take at least one 200-level Integrated Learning Course with a Service Learning component.

____GSR 210 Comparing Multicultural Perspectives (4)

Prerequisite: GSR 150

____GSR 220 Methods of Multiple Disciplines (4)

Prerequisite: GSR 150

____GSR 230 Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning in Context (4)

Prerequisites: GSR 104 or MAT 130; and GSR 150

____GSR 240 Ethical Evaluations and Actions (4)

Prerequisite: GSR 150

Capstone Experience (1 course, total 4 credits)

____GSR 300 General Studies Capstone (4)

Prerequisite: Completion of all other General Studies requirements

Required pre-major courses 10 hours

____BIO 105 Introduction to Human Biology (4)

No prerequisites

____LIN 101 Sign Language and Sign Systems (3)

No prerequisites

____ / ____ INT 101 Introduction to Interpreting (3)

(Fall, Spring, & Summer Semesters)

No prerequisites

Required major (BAI) courses 36 hours

____ / ____ INT 223 Interactive Discourse Analysis (3)

(Fall, Spring, & Summer Semesters)

Prerequisites: GSR 102 or the equivalent and GSR 103; INT 101; and an ASLPI score of 2+ or higher (DoIT will verify student ASLPI scores before granting course registration permissions)

____ / ____ INT 325 Fundamentals of Interpreting (3)

(Fall semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 223 with a grade of B or above, an ASLPI of 3 or higher (DoIT will verify student ASLPI score before granting course registration permissions) or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 340 Interpreting Interaction: Translation & Consecutive Interpretation(3) (Spring semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 325 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 344 Interpreting Interaction: Medical (3)

(Spring semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 325 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 346 Discourse and Field Applications I (3)

(Spring semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 325 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 443 Interpreting Interaction: Education (3)

(Fall semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 340, 344, 346 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 453 Interpreting Interaction: Business-Government (3)

(Fall semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 340, 344, 346 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 455 Discourse and Field Applications II (3)

(Fall semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 340, 344, 346 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 492 Senior Seminar Project and Portfolio (3)

(Spring semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 443, 453, 455 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

____ / ____ INT 494 Senior Internship (9)

(Spring semester)

Prerequisites: Admission to the program, successful completion of INT 443, 453, 455 with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.

Required related courses 6 hours

____DST 311 Dynamics of Oppression (3)

Prerequisite: DST 101 or GSR 103

____LIN 263 Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language (3)

Prerequisite: LIN 101 or permission of the instructor

Required elective courses 31 hours

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Recommended elective courses

ASL 270 ASL and English: Comparative Analysis (3)

Prerequisite: ENG 103 or equivalent

BIO 203 Human Anatomy and Physiology for Human Services Majors (4) or a comparable course

Prerequisite: BIO 105

BUS 211 Management and Organization Behavior (3) or a comparable course

Prerequisite: BUS 101 and GSR 105 or equivalent

COM 290 Public Presentations (3) or a comparable course

Prerequisite: GSR 102 or permission of the instructor

DST 201 Deaf Culture (3) or a comparable course

Prerequisite: DST 101 or GSR 103

EDU 250 Introduction to Education and Teaching (3) or a comparable course

No prerequisites

Summary of requirements:

General studies courses 37 hours

Pre-major courses 10 hours

Major and related courses 42 hours

Free elective courses 31 hours

Total 120 hours

BAI program requirements

·  To continue in the program, BAI students are required to maintain a B or better in all INT courses required for the interpretation major.

·  Students are required to successfully pass RID’s National Interpreter Certification Knowledge Examination or RID’s Certified Deaf Interpreter Knowledge Examination by December 1st during their last academic year in the Interpretation program.

Copies of this blank program of study are to be sent to BAI program coordinator, Academic Advising director, major advisors and interpretation majors at beginning of each academic year.

June 2017