Sign Language Degree Programs in Indiana

Sign Language Interpreting Major at Goshen College:
Located 25 miles southeast of South Bend, in Goshen, North Indiana, Goshen College is a private, co-educational, residential, college of the liberal arts and sciences rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The American Sign Language Department at Goshen College offers major and minor degree programs in Sign Language Interpreting. The sign language interpreting major at Goshen College will introduce you to the rich language and culture of the Deaf community. We then use those language skills to teach you how to interpret between spoken English and ASL or signed English. Our sign language interpreting program’s small class sizes will allow you to work closely with your professors and peers in a rigorous but supportive setting.

Major in American Sign Language:
Our major programs designed to prepare graduates for a professional interpreting career and to use their skills in service to the community and the church.

Core Courses include:
- ASL 101-102, Elementary ASL I & II
- ASL 201-202, Intermediate ASL III & IV
-ASL 204, ASL V
-ASL 220, Deaf History
-INT 210, Introduction to Interpreting
-INT 230, Technology for Interpreters
-INT 301, Interpreting I
-INT 302, Interpreting II
-INT 305, Medical Interpreting
-INT 320, Sign to Voice Interpreting
-INT 401, Interpreting III
-INT 405, Transliterating
-INT 40, Interpreting Internship
-INT 410, Senior Seminar
- ASL 305, Linguistics of ASL
- ASL 408, Specialized Vocabulary
- ASL 410, Senior Seminar

The Major courses have two concentrations:

- Concentration in ASL-English Interpreting:
Goshen College offered its first classes in its new bachelor's degree program in ASL interpreting the fall of 2002. The four-year degree program is designed to prepare graduates for a professional interpreting career and to use their skills in service to the community and the church. Upon completion of the B. A. degree, students will have taken the written portion of the National Registry of Interpreters for Deaf evaluation and have a sound base on which to build their interpreting skills.

Core Modules:
- ASL 301-302, Interpreting I & II
- ASL 304, Certification Overview
- ASL 306, Deaf American Literature
- ASL 401, Interpreting III
- ASL 407, Topics in Interpreting
- ASL 409, Interpreting Internship

- Concentration in ASL Teacher Education:
The teacher education concentration was first offered as a part of the ASL program in the fall of 2007. Students in this four-year degree program will spend two semesters in language immersion at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. and/or studying abroad on SST. Upon completion, students will have the necessary skills to pursue a teaching career where they can teach at a school for the Deaf or to work with children who use American Sign Language.

Core Modules:
- Secondary education courses
- Engl 310, Introduction to Linguistics
- Engl 320, Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Two semesters immersion in ASL (ASL SST and/or Gallaudet University)

Minor in American Sign Language:
The minor program in ASL is for students who wish to expand their language skills and cultural knowledge or to enhance other majors such as ministry, education, social work, psychology, etc.

Compulsory Modules include:
- ASL 101-102, ASL 1 & ASL II
- ASL 201-202, ASL III & ASL IV
- ASL 220, Deaf History

Other Language Courses:
The Modern an Classical Languages and Literatures (MCLL) Department also offers majors and minors in Spanish as well as lessons in French, Arabic, Khmer, Mandarin and Swahili.