ITP 4466 - Internship: Community Interpreting

6 Credit Hour(s)

Course Description: The internship provides an opportunity for the student to perform, under supervision, a variety of activities that a regularly employed interpreter would be expected to perform in a community setting. A regularly employed interpreter is defined as a person occupying the professional interpreting role to which the student is aspiring. The interpreter-in-training is involved in interpreted interactions appropriate to his/her skill level and training. Interns receive feedback and supervision from on-site supervisors, group seminar supervisors, team interpreters, consumers, and faculty members. Interns are assigned to a business, organization, interpreting agency, qualified interpreter(s), or rehabilitation setting for 300 clock hours, 120 of which must be in direct interpreting service. Students are also responsible for developing and fulfilling a Service Learning Project (SLP) equivalent to at least 20 hours of planning and 20 hours of service to the community serving adults. The SLP shall be in partnership with the community and sustainable.
Prerequisite(s): Sign Language Proficiency Interview rating of Intermediate Plus, and EDU 4463 with a grade of C or better, or permission of ITP Academic Advisor.