
Transition to Interpreting
Enter a Career Field that is in High Demand Locally and Nationally!
Our Transition to Interpreting program allows bachelor鈥檚 degree graduates from any college, who also have ASL proficiency, to transition into sign language interpreting. After a year and a half of classes, you will be ready to be licensed and begin your career in interpreting.
Start Your New Career with Our Program Today
Those in the interpreting profession can help serve as a communication bridge between members of Deaf and hearing communities in places as diverse as hospitals, schools, courtrooms, concerts, plays, or sporting events. As an interpreter, you could:
- Work in a staff position at a school or agency
- Be self-employed, setting your own schedule
- Work as a healthcare or medical interpreter
- Work as a conference interpreter
- Be an interpreter in government agencies
- Work as a legal or judicial interpreter
Designed for Working Adults
Our sign language interpreting program鈥檚 small class sizes will allow you to work closely with your professors and peers in a rigorous but supportive setting. Because we understand your needs and responsibilities as a busy adult, students in the Adult Degree Completion programs at 91精品黑料吃瓜 pay a discounted tuition rate of聽$525 a credit hour. Financial aid is available to qualified students.
Alumni Discount
91精品黑料吃瓜 offers聽a 10% discount on tuition聽for post-baccalaureate programs to students that have earned a bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚 degree from 91精品黑料吃瓜. Learn more at聽
4 REASONS TO PURSUE A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING LICENSURE AT GC
Receive personalized attention from faculty during coursework, internships, and your job search.
Field experiences begin in the first semester of coursework. Multiple out-of-class interpreting opportunities provide exposure to diverse communities and contexts.
Values of inclusion, diversity, and multiculturalism help demonstrate effective bilingual and bicultural practice within student work.
The Sign Language Interpreting (SLI) Program at 91精品黑料吃瓜 has gained a strong reputation, and our interns are well received and in demand. All SLI graduates who want to work in the interpreting profession have been able to find and retain employment.

Getting Started
Transition to Interpreting Faculty
Colleen Geier
Program Director and Professor of Sign Language Interpreting
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(574) 535-7467
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Administration Building 32 ()

Damon Johnson
Adjunct Professor of Sign Language Interpreting
Diana Boussom
Instructor of American Sign Language
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(574) 535-7470
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Administration Building 34B ()