MEETING DAYS & TIMES: Tuesday, 5:30PM-9:20PM and Wednesday, 3:30PM-6:20PM
LOCATION: Metro Campus Academic Building, Room 426 & Various Selected Locations
INSTRUCTOR: Alfredo Sampayo, Tina Pena

An aid to developing interpreting skills, this course will address consecutive, simultaneous and sight interpretation. It will also cover the interpreter's role in and out of court and include an on-site visit to a courtroom. Oral fluency in English and native/near-native fluency in Spanish is recommended.  

Will include an on-site practical component. 

Students with advanced language experience are encouraged to take the CLEP exam to satisfy prerequisite requirements. Prerequisite: SPAN 2443 and SPAN 2453 with a grade of "C" or better or instructor approval.

This course will address the attitudinal differences between the Latino and Anglo-American cultures and how they affect health care decisions. It will increase vocabulary needed to interpret for Spanish-speaking patients by using vocabulary related to illness and symptoms, necessary medical language, and cultural cues. Prerequisite: Oral fluency in English and native/near-native fluency in Spanish, SPAN 2443 & SPAN 2453 or instructor approval. On-site lab required.