Engage Upstate is excited to announce ~35SL/CE opportunities for Spring 2025.
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Course numbers and names are listed below, followed by their section number (when applicable).
- ASGL U310 – SL: Introduction to Interpreting ASL
- General understanding of the theory, practices, and ethics of facilitating oral communication between English and American Sign Language, including implications of disability law. Develops basic skills for professional interpreting in its cultural context with practice in signing with form and meaning.
- Prerequisite(s): ASLG U202; placement or demonstrated proficiency above ASLG U202; or consent of instructor.
- ENGL U101 – SE: Composition I (sections 04, 05, 06, & 07)
- Instruction and practice in academic writing, critical reading and research. Attention is given to planning, drafting, revising, and editing a variety of texts.
- ENGL U102 – SE: Composition II (sections 03, 04, 07, & 08)
- Continued instruction in composition, building on skills introduced in ENGL U101. Attention is given to writing for specific audiences, reading and analyzing challenging texts, and synthesizing academic sources in writing. For students whose advisement testing or ENGL U101 instructor indicates a need for more intensive study, English U102L is recommended to provide supplemental instruction and practice in writing.
- Prerequisite(s): ENGL U101.
- ENSL U351 – SL: Linguistics for Learners
- An overview of language and linguistics orientated toward learners and teachers. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics are emphasized as well as theories of Krashen and others with particular focus on language acquisition and language learning.
- Prerequisite(s): ENGL U101 and ENGL U102.
- FREN U101 – SE: Introductory French I
- Fundamentals of the language and culture through speaking, listening, reading and writing.
- GERM U101 – CE: Introductory German I
- Fundamentals of the language and culture through speaking, listening, reading and writing.
- GLST U301 – CE: Global Cultures and Identities
- Survey of global and transnational concepts, topics, events, social and political movements, and cultural patterns in selected societies. Special attention is given to themes such as feminism, sexuality, human rights, language, identity, and cross-cultural encounters and topics such as migration, war, terrorism, religion, global cinema and popular culture, global health policies, global climate change, and protest music and art.
- SPAN U312 – SL: Introduction to Interpreting
- General understanding of the problems for facilitating oral communication between monolingual speakers of English and Spanish. Develops basic skills for professional interpreting in its cultural context with practical exercises through role playing and the use of audio and audiovisual material.
- Prerequisite(s): Spanish oral and written placement test.
- SPAN U313 – SL: Advanced Translation
- Continued practice of advanced theoretical grounding and practical problems of professional translation (English-Spanish), translation of short text in their linguistic and cultural context, and the translator profession in the US. Topics include Applied Translation Studies with scientific and technical translation, commercial translation, audiovisual translation and legal translation of texts.
- Prerequisite(s): SPAN U311 or consent of instructor.