Course Prefix
SL
Course Code
339
Course Title
Contextual Settings: Medical, Menta
Description
Medical, mental health, and legal interpreters work in settings that extend beyond the operating room, ward, or courtroom. Course content includes an overview of professionalism, ethics, credentialing, equivalent message, vocabulary, register choice, linguistic adaptations, and other industry standards related to these specialized settings. Additionally, students will practice interpreting (sight translations; consecutive and simultaneous interpreting/transliterating) and evaluate the quality of the message.
Credit Hours
3
Course Level
Undergraduate
School
School of Social & Behavioral Science