ASL 211 - Beginning Interpreting + Ethics 1

    Recent Professors
    rloparo@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021
    Class Size
    24–32 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ASL 102
    Fall 2025 Sections
    View Fall 2025 sections of ASL 211
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    In this course, students survey basic theories, principles, and practices of interpreting/transliterating, including basic ethical considerations, a historical overview of the interpreting profession, and discuss the professional role of the interpreter. Students begin the development of interpreting/transliterating processing skills. This course will be taught using a combination of ASL and spoken English, and may or may not have interpreters facilitating the lectures depending on the instructor.