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  "college": "san-diego-mesa-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "American Sign Language/Interpreting",
  "id": "asl-english-interpretation-certificate-of-achievement",
  "name": "ASL-English Interpretation",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "american-sign-language-interpreting",
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      "markdown": "### Summary\n\nThe American Sign Language (ASL) Studies and the ASL–English Interpretation programs offer students a variety of certificate and degree options designed to prepare them for transfer to four-year institutions as well as for deafness-related careers in the public and private sectors.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the ASL-English Interpretation Program will be able to:**\n\n1.  Develop receptive and expressive skills in American Sign Language and Fingerspelling.\n2.  Develop knowledge and awareness of the differences between the Deaf Culture/deaf community and the hearing community.\n3.  Accurately interpret between ASL and English in a variety of settings: face-to-face, small group settings, monologue and/or large group settings.\n4.  Apply professional standards, practices, and ethics, not limited to the tenets of the Code of Professional Conduct, to their work."
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      "markdown": "### Requirements"
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          "text": "COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR:",
          "units": "37"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 150",
          "title": "Introduction to Deaf Culture",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 155",
          "title": "Navigating Deaf Perspectives",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 214",
          "title": "American Sign Language Fingerspelled Signs",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 225",
          "title": "Introduction to Linguistics of American Sign Language",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 230",
          "title": "Interpretation I",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 235",
          "title": "Professional Aspects of Interpretation",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 240",
          "title": "Interpretation II",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 245",
          "title": "Specialized Settings in Interpretation",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 250",
          "title": "Interpretation III",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 255",
          "title": "Interpretation IV",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AMSL 276",
          "title": "Field Work in Interpretation",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
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