Deaf Studies Major, BS in Education - Educational Interpreting Concentration

Campus

Knoxville

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• ² Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ³ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Natural Sciences  Elective 4 Credit Hours *

• ASL 111 - Elementary American Sign Language I 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent) *

Term 2

• ³ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Natural Sciences  Elective 4 Credit Hours *

• ASL 112 - Elementary American Sign Language II 3 Credit Hours

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• ¹ Select one course:

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours
• Written Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

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• ⁵ Select one course:

• PHIL 244 - Professional Responsibility 3 Credit Hours
• Oral Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ⁸  ASL 211 - Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 Credit Hours *
• CSE 300 - Social Justice, Education, and Service Learning 3 Credit Hours *
• EI 340 - Principles of Interpreting 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours
• SPED 470 - Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 Credit Hours *

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• ⁶ Select one course:

• SOCI 110 - Social Problems and Social Justice 3 Credit Hours *
• SOWK 200 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Justice 3 Credit Hours *
• Social Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ¹⁰ Engaged Inquiries  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ⁹  ASL 212 - Intermediate American Sign Language II 3 Credit Hours *
• ^1,10  EDDE 425 - Foundations of Deaf Education 3 Credit Hours *
• EI 335 - Interpreting Techniques 3 Credit Hours

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• ⁹ Select one course:

• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 117 - Honors: General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ¹¹  ASL 311 - Advanced American Sign Language I: Educational Contexts 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  PSYC 300 - Child Development 3 Credit Hours
• ⁹  EDPY 210 - Psychoeducational Issues in Human Development 3 Credit Hours *
• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ¹⁰  ASL 435 - Linguistics of American Sign Language 3 Credit Hours *
• EI 350 - English to American Sign Language Interpretation 3 Credit Hours
• EI 355 - ASL to English Interpretation 3 Credit Hours
• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ⁹  ASL 422 - Deaf Literature and ASL Folklore 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• EDDE 415 - Language Development of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing I 3 Credit Hours
• EDDE 429 - Teaching of Reading, Writing, and Reasoning to Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children 3 Credit Hours
• EI 345 - Interpreting in Educational Settings 4 Credit Hours
• EI 360 - ASL to English Interpreting II 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ⁷  ASL 421 - History and Culture of the Deaf 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹⁰  EDDE 416 - Language Development of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing II 3 Credit Hours *
• EI 440 - Educational Interpreting Field Work 6 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Three courses from Written Communication  (WC): first-year composition sequence (2 courses, 3 credit hours each) and one additional Written Communication  course.
2. One course from approved Arts and Humanities  (AH) courses.
3. Two 3-hour courses from approved Quantitative Reasoning  (QR) courses.
4. Two courses (minimum 7 hours) from approved Natural Sciences  (NS) courses, one must have a laboratory.
5. One course (minimum 1 hour) from approved Oral Communication  (OC) courses.
6. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Social Sciences  (SS) courses.
7. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Global Citizenship – International  (GCI) courses.
8. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Global Citizenship – US  (GCUS) courses.
9. Two courses (at least 6 credit hours) from Expanded Perspectives  Electives (select from Arts and Humanities , Social Sciences , Global Citizenship – International , Global Citizenship – US , or Applied Arts and Humanities ).
10. At least 9 credit hours (minimum 2 courses; at least two different subject areas) from Engaged Inquiries  (EI) courses.
11. One course from approved Applied Oral Communication  Elective (AOC) courses.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .