ASL 3150: Survey of Interpreting. This class provides an overview of the interpreting profession in public schools for students interested in the field. Students read and analyze articles, create schema strategies for interpreting, and engage in class discussions. Topics include the role, function, and aptitudes of educational interpreters, the bilingual and bicultural context, history of interpreting, principles of professional practice, laws that affect educational interpreting, and analysis of the impact of classroom variables on accessibility and interpretability.
ASL 3200: American Sign Language English Interpreting in Elementary Schools I. Focuses on interpreting in the elementary classroom setting. Grounded in EIPA competencies, it includes analysis of elementary classroom discourse, translation of children’s books, interpreting elementary classroom lessons, and assessment of the effectiveness of interpreted products.
ASL 3250: American Sign Language English Interpreting in Secondary Schools I. Focuses on interpreting in the high school classroom. Grounded in EIPA competencies, it includes analysis of high school discourse, translation of high school books, interpretations of high school lessons, and assessment of the effectiveness of interpreted products.
ASL 4200: American Sign Language English Interpreting in Elementary Schools II. A continuation of ASL 3200. This class focuses on the continuation of skills related to interpreting in the elementary classroom setting. Grounded in EIPA competencies, it includes analysis of elementary classroom discourse, translation of children’s books, interpreting elementary classroom lessons, and assessment of the effectiveness of interpreted products.
ASL 4250: American Sign Language English Interpreting in Secondary Schools II. A continuation of ASL 3250. This class focuses on the continuation of skills related to interpreting in the high school classroom. Grounded in EIPA competencies, it includes analysis of high school discourse, translation of high school books, interpretations of high school lessons, and assessment of the effectiveness of interpreted products.
ASL 2010/2020: American Sign Language II. American Sign Language acquisition classes taught exclusively in ASL. Focuses on vocabulary related to people, animals, places, transportation, descriptions, medicine, and sports.
ASL 3000: Fingerspelling & Numbers - ASL. Furthers students' skills regarding the ASL manual alphabet and numerical system. Expressive and receptive skills are evaluated through daily assessments and examinations. Students are expected to complete fingerspelling homework and projects throughout the semester.
ASL 3050: Deaf Studies. Examines the topic of Deaf studies. Students complete several reflection papers and presentations on various topics. This class offers an in-depth look at language, culture, and the daily lives of people who use American Sign Language as their primary language. Traces the roots of American Sign Language from pre-revolutionary times to the present.
ASL 3100: ASL Classifiers. Develops skills using ASL classifier predicate and depicting verb systems. Through several recorded projects, students incorporate various classifier types and appropriate non-manual markers to accurately convey concepts while signing.
HIST 3030: Civil War & Reconstruction. Transfer credit for HIUS 420: Civil War and Reconstruction from Liberty University. Examines the political and social climate of the 1850s, the nature of the Civil War, and the crises during Reconstruction.
HIST 3550: Roman World. Transfer credit for HIEU 322: Roman Civilization from Liberty University. Provides an overview of Rome and its culture from Romulus to Justinian. It covers a multitude of topics, including Rome’s expansion, the republic, the Roman revolution, autocracy, Christianity in the Roman world, the fall of the empire, and the heirs of Rome.
HIST 3999: Transfer Elective. Transfer credit for HIWD 320: History of Africa from Liberty University. Provides a broad overview of Africa and its history.
HIST 3999: Transfer Elective. Transfer credit for HIUS 313: The American Founding from Liberty University. Provides an overview and analysis of the origins of the United States. It focuses on the Constitution, its ratification, and initial implementation.
BIOL 3530: Forensic Anthropology. An introduction to forensic anthropology. Uses methods from skeletal biology and archaeology as tools in human identification in a medico-legal context.