Program Overview

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Deaf Studies: Educational Interpreting Emphasis

Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Deaf Studies with an emphasis in Educational Interpreting prepares students to become interpreters for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in educational settings. In addition to becoming fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), students gain a cultural appreciation and respect for deaf culture, utilize current theories/models of interpreting, and gain practical experience through school-based internships.

Learning Outcomes

• Critical Thinking: Students will summarize, synthesize, and critically analyze ideas from multiple sources in order to draw well-supported conclusions and solve problems.
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: Students will make reasoned ethical judgments, showing awareness of multiple value systems and taking responsibility for the consequences of their actions. They will apply these judgments, using collaboration and leadership skills, to promote social justice in their local, national, and global communities.
• Identity and Culture: Students will demonstrate sensitivity and tolerance of complex social identities, including deaf identities, and the interrelations within and among diverse cultures and groups.
• Knowledge and Inquiry: Students will apply knowledge, modes of inquiry, and technological competence from a variety of disciplines in order to understand human experience and the natural world.
• Language and Communication: Students will use American Sign Language (ASL) and written English to communicate effectively with diverse audiences, for a variety of purposes, and in a variety of settings.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• SERP 444A: Intensive ASL
• SERP 452: Introduction to Educational Interpreting
• SERP 453: Models & Theories of Interpreting

Career Fields

• K12 educational interpreting
• ASL-English interpreting
• Education
• Communications
• Nonprofit

Level of Math

• General Knowledge: This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 2nd Semester Proficiency: Second-semester skill level in a second language is required. Non-B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options: 1. Scoring the equivalent of second-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona. 2. Completion with a C or better of a second semester course at the post-secondary level. 3. An AP (Advanced Placement), IB (International Baccalaureate) or CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) language score determined by the individual language department. 4. In the College of Engineering by a method determined within the College; however, all students in the college must also take a language placement examination on entrance to the University.

Pre-major Required?

• Yes

Additional Admissions Requirements

• This major has additional admission criteria. Please see the College of Education website for more information.

This Major's College

• College of Education

Degree

• Bachelor of Science in Education

Sample Plans

2025, Deaf Studies: Educational Interpreting Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework
• Plan Ahead with a Transfer Pathway

First Year

1st Semester

• ENGL 101 Foundation Composition (3)
• Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1)
• GE General Math Strand (3)
• Second language (4)
• Success Course: TLS 197 (recommended) (1)

2nd Semester

• ENGL 102 Foundation Composition (3)
• Second language (4)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)

Second Year

3rd Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• American Sign Language III: SERP 431A (4)

4th Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1)
• American Sign Language IV: SERP 431B (4)
• Major Core Requirements (3)
• Major Core Electives (3)

4th Semester Summer

• ASL Discourse Processes - Intensive ASL: SERP 444A (6)

Third Year

5th Semester

• Introduction to Educational Interpreting: SERP 452 (3)
• Models of Interpretation and Transliteration: SERP 453 (3)
• Educational Interpreting Observation (Practicum I): SERP 294D (2)
• Educational Interpreting Practicum Seminar I: SERP 297D (1)
• Topics in Deaf Studies: SERP 433A/B/C/D (3)
• Elective (2)

6th Semester

• Sign Language to English Interpretation: SERP 456 (3)
• Educational Interpreting Experience (Practicum II): SERP 394D (2)
• SERP 397D Educational Interpreting Practicum Seminar II: SERP 397D (1)
• Major Core Electives (3)
• Major Core Electives (3)
• Topics in Deaf Studies: SERP 433A/B/C/D (3)

Fourth Year

7th Semester

• English to American Sign Language Interpretation: SERP 457 (3)
• Educational Interpreting Experience (Practicum III): SERP 494D (1)
• Educational Interpreting Practicum Seminar III: SERP 497D (2)
• Major Core Electives (3)
• Topics in Deaf Studies: SERP 433A/B/C/D (3)
• Elective (3)

8th Semester

• Interactive Interpreting: SERP 458 (3)
• Topics in Deaf Studies: SERP 433A/B/C/D (3)
• Educational Interpreting Experience (Practicum III): SERP 494D (recommended) (2)
• Educational Interpreting Practicum Seminar III: SERP 497D (recommended) (1)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)