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Education of Deaf Children - Educational Interpreter
The Education of Deaf Children Program is a four-year program leading to a bachelor of science degree. Within the Education of Deaf Children major, students may choose either Teacher Preparation or Educational Interpreting. The Interdisciplinary Educational Interpreter/Transliterator Project prepares students to become educational interpreters in the public school system. The course of study includes a broad liberal arts background designed to expand a student's spectrum of knowledge and prepare them to interpret content in various subject areas. Trainees take courses in regular education with an emphasis on the exceptional learner in the classroom. Courses in education of deaf children along with core courses in educational interpreting prepares trainees for their diverse roles and responsibilities as members of the educational team. Course work emphasizes knowledge and skills necessary to interpret and tutor deaf and hard-of-hearing children with varying learning styles and those with specific learning disabilities. Because of the diversity of students in the public school systems, students receive training in American Sign Language, Pidgin Sign English, manually coded English systems, Cued Speech, Oral Transliterating, and Deaf-Blind Interpreting.
Many graduates from the program are currently working as educational interpreters in the public school systesms. Because of their degree, some of these graduates have been hired as lead interpreters or interpreter coordinators. Others have gone on to graduate school and one graduate is now teaching ASL courses and offering vocational traiing in the area of educational interpreting at a public high school in another state
Program Requirements
The program in Education of Deaf Children requires students to meet All-University Liberal Education (AULER) requirements, which are as follows: 48 semester hours minimum in the major, 30 semester hours in a cognate, 6 hours in cognate electives, and 39 semester hours in meeting All-University Liberal Education Requirements. A total of 123 hours is required for graduation.
Link to General Education Core Requirements
Department Requirements
(Min. 48 semester hours)
- SES 135 Sign Language I
- SES 240 Communication Development in Children
- SES 243 History & Psychology of Deafness
- CSD 334 Intro. To Audiology
- SES 335 Sign Language II
- SES 462 Educational Interpreting I (Fall)
- SES 463 Educational Interpreting II (Spring)
- SES 483 Teaching Subjects to the Deaf
- SES 486 Seminar & Practicum (6 s.h.)
- SES 487 Internship (12 s.h.)
- SES 488 Interpreting: Sign-to-Voice
- SES 555 Sign Language III
- SES 557 English to ASL I (Spring)
- SES 558 English to ASL II (Fall)
- SES 572 Issues in Educational Interpreting
- SES 578 Teaching Language to the Deaf
Cognate Requirements
- BCT 250 Fundamentals of Acting
- CED 310 Helping Skills
- CST 105 Introduction to Communication
- CST 207 Interpersonal Communication
- CUI 202 Human Development
- SES 540 Introduction to the Exceptional Individual
- SES 543 The Exceptional Individual in the Mainstream
- ELC 381 Institution of Education
- ENG 260 Introduction to the English Langauge
- CUI 526 English as a Second Language
- PSY 121 General Psychology
Cognate Electives (choose 6 s.h. from the following)
- ATY 385 Language and Culture or vATY 387 Modern Linguistics
- CSC 101 Introduction to Computers
- CUI 555 Multicultural Education or CUI 450 Psychological Foundations of Education
- LIS 346 Children's Literature or (LIS 556 or LIS 554)
- PSY 341 Abnormal Psychology
Contact: Glenda Torres, 316 Ferguson Building, (336) 334-3772, or the SES Department at ses@uncg.edu to request more information.