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7720

Interpreting Lab II

Practice advanced interpreting skills, standards, and protocols, with a focus on active listening, linguistic equivalency, vocabulary development, and ethical decision-making. In addition, practice managing the flow of interpreting sessions, such as maintaining pace, ensuring transparency, facilitating understanding and communication, and respecting communicative autonomy of all parties in fast-paced health care and other settings of varying dynamics and complexity.

Interpreting Lab I

Practice interpreting skills, standards, and protocols, with a focus on active listening, linguistic equivalency, vocabulary development, and managing the flow of interpreting sessions, such as maintaining pace, ensuring transparency, facilitating understanding and communication, and respecting communicative autonomy of all parties in health care and other settings.

Health and Social Justice

Explore the role of social injustices as root causes of the uneven distribution of health and disease according to class, race and gender. Examination of current issues, the process for influencing change, and the role of social movements in creating more healthy and equitable communities. Students will also build their skills to effectively advocate for health and social justice.