ITP - Associate Degree Programs

codaterp · 11-10-2010, 11:56 AM

If RID will require a bachelors degree in order to take the NIC written by 2012, what will happen to the many associate degree programs?

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-10-2010, 07:21 PM

OMGs....I haven't even started my ITP yet at my local community college. RID & Gallaudet are the closest Universities to me that even have BA in Interpreting

**Reba** · 11-10-2010, 10:00 PM

No need to panic.

The bachelor's degree can be in any major; it doesn't have to be in interpreting.

Associate degree ITP credits can still be transferred to four-year programs.

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-10-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

No need to panic.

The bachelor's degree can be in any major; it doesn't have to be in interpreting.

Associate degree ITP credits can still be transferred to four-year programs.

Hmmmmm so if I finish getting my BA in Early Childhood Ed with a cert in interpreting it will be ok?

**Reba** · 11-10-2010, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Juli-terp-to-be

Hmmmmm so if I finish getting my BA in Early Childhood Ed with a cert in interpreting it will be ok?

Yes, but I would suggest you get as many hours in interpreting courses as possible.

Here's something about the degree requirements:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/C...FAQ_090819.pdf

Grummer · 11-11-2010, 02:57 AM

julie, i ****ing love that cats tailing chasing humous vidoe capture, its endearing oh better yet it adoring...

other than that i dont give a shit about anything else in this thread - sorry

**Reba** · 11-11-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Grummer

julie, i ****ing love that cats tailing chasing humous vidoe capture, its endearing oh better yet it adoring...

other than that i dont give a shit about anything else in this thread - sorry

Come back when you're sober.

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-12-2010, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Yes, but I would suggest you get as many hours in interpreting courses as possible.

Here's something about the degree requirements:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/C...FAQ_090819.pdf

The local community college's ITP cert will give me an AAS (Associate in Applied Science). I might have to do a double major, to get both degrees at the same time. Then continue at a SUNY university to complete my BA in Early Childhood Ed.

**Oddball** · 11-16-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

No need to panic.

The bachelor's degree can be in any major; it doesn't have to be in interpreting.

Associate degree ITP credits can still be transferred to four-year programs.

Reba is right.

You can get an AAS degree in ITP and bachelors degree in any major such as Education. You will be fine, really.

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-18-2010, 08:18 AM

Thanks both Reba & Oddball for easing my fears. sometimes I feel like the Gods are against me from getting into a better place than I am. Obstacles keep popping up in my path everytime I think I have finally gotten through.

**Reba** · 11-18-2010, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Juli-terp-to-be

Thanks both Reba & Oddball for easing my fears. sometimes I feel like the Gods are against me from getting into a better place than I am. Obstacles keep popping up in my path everytime I think I have finally gotten through.

Interpreting does have its challenges.

Are you a member of RID? If you join RID you will get their magazine Views , the annual Journal of Interpretation, and email notifications that will keep you informed about what's going on in the interpreting field. You can also review their website periodically to keep up with things so you won't be hit with any surprises.

Your ITP department head and instructors should be keeping their students informed, too.

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-18-2010, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Interpreting does have its challenges.

Are you a member of RID? If you join RID you will get their magazine Views , the annual Journal of Interpretation, and email notifications that will keep you informed about what's going on in the interpreting field. You can also review their website periodically to keep up with things so you won't be hit with any surprises.

Your ITP department head and instructors should be keeping their students informed, too.

Right now my classes are on hiatus, cause of financial reasons. I was one semester away from getting my AS in early childhood ed when I found the closer ITP, so I transferred into the ITP. But I found out that I didn't have all the prerequisites to get in. Then the school lost my immunization record from my old school.

then when I went to get another copy I found out I had an outstanding bill and couldn't get the record, nor could I afford to pay it.

**Reba** · 11-18-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Juli-terp-to-be

Right now my classes are on hiatus, cause of financial reasons. I was one semester away from getting my AS in early childhood ed when I found the closer ITP, so I transferred into the ITP. But I found out that I didn't have all the prerequisites to get in. Then the school lost my immunization record from my old school.

then when I went to get another copy I found out I had an outstanding bill and couldn't get the record, nor could I afford to pay it.

Why do you need an immunization record?

Take each hurdle one at a time, and you should make it over.

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-18-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Why do you need an immunization record?

Take each hurdle one at a time, and you should make it over.

As far as I know all NY colleges/universities require proof of immunization. My problems are:

1. I have no insurance, so no GP with records
2. I am 37 and my High school only holds immunization records for 18yrs. I am going to have my 20th year reunion next summer.
3. I got the free MMR shots at the last college I was at. i asked the new college if there was a program like that there but the nurse said no. I was willing to have yet another round of MMR shots so I could go to this school.

**Reba** · 11-18-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Juli-terp-to-be

As far as I know all NY colleges/universities require proof of immunization. My problems are:

1. I have no insurance, so no GP with records
2. I am 37 and my High school only holds immunization records for 18yrs. I am going to have my 20th year reunion next summer.
3. I got the free MMR shots at the last college I was at. i asked the new college if there was a program like that there but the nurse said no. I was willing to have yet another round of MMR shots so I could go to this school.

Are you a dorm student? Is that why they require immunizations? What kind do you need? I thought the MMR was normally done only once in a lifetime?

What is "GP"?

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-18-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Are you a dorm student? Is that why they require immunizations? What kind do you need? I thought the MMR was normally done only once in a lifetime?

What is "GP"?

General Practitioner and no I am not a dorm student. It's a community college I'd be going to, they do not have dorms. And yes normally an MMR vaccination would be once a lifetime. I couldn't prove that I had received mine in the first place, even though I am 37 yrs old and graduated HS in NY.

**Reba** · 11-18-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Juli-terp-to-be

General Practitioner and no I am not a dorm student. It's a community college I'd be going to, they do not have dorms. And yes normally an MMR vaccination would be once a lifetime. I couldn't prove that I had received mine in the first place, even though I am 37 yrs old and graduated HS in NY.

Can you go to a free or low-cost health clinic for low income people to get the shots?

Juli-terp-to-be · 11-18-2010, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Can you go to a free or low-cost health clinic for low income people to get the shots?

right now I am trying to get a 2nd job were I will have benefits and through them I will get my immunizations.

hellos245 · 02-13-2011, 02:51 PM

I want to become an interpretor and go to school. Any advice what type of degree to get? or school to attend?

Etoile · 02-14-2011, 07:15 AM

Double check whether immunization records are required above a certain age. When I enrolled at Gallaudet, I was 26,and we couldn't find my records either. Turned out I didn't need them, you only need them at 25 and younger. That was Gallaudet, your school might be different, but it's worth checking out.

Mountain Man · 02-14-2011, 08:14 AM

There are quite a few students in my program who are hoping to graduate and get certified before the bachelors degree requirement kicks in. There's only a couple of us right now who already have our bachelors. Graduating before the deadline isn't the hard part. It's becoming experienced and skilled enough to pass the certification that will be the challenge.

creature0077 · 02-14-2011, 09:26 AM

the University of Houston also offers BA in ITP. However the professor that runs the program is an arrogant creepy old man.

hellos245 · 02-14-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mountain Man

There are quite a few students in my program who are hoping to graduate and get certified before the bachelors degree requirement kicks in. There's only a couple of us right now who already have our bachelors. Graduating before the deadline isn't the hard part. It's becoming experienced and skilled enough to pass the certification that will be the challenge.

I just want to make sure-- people that are going for interpreting certificates will eventually needs to have a bachlors degree? What if its an associates degree interpreting program? When will this requirement kick in? What about just going for deaf studies?

marcyp06 · 02-14-2011, 02:46 PM

If I have to have a BA to get RIT certified then I may not be ablet o get certified. The cost of going to school for 4 years is just far too high :-(
What is the reasoning for this? If the person can pass the test and has sufficient knoweledge of ASL and Deaf culture, why is that not enough? Cant they just make the test harder or encompass more in it?

**Reba** · 02-14-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by hellos245

I just want to make sure-- people that are going for interpreting certificates will eventually needs to have a bachlors degree? What if its an associates degree interpreting program? When will this requirement kick in? What about just going for deaf studies?

Here are your answers:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/N..._Extension.pdf

Since June 30, 2009, an associate's degree has been required to take the certification test.

After June 30, 2012, a bachelor's degree will be required before you can take the certification test.

The degree majors do not have to be ITP's.

Juli-terp-to-be · 02-14-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Etoile

Double check whether immunization records are required above a certain age. When I enrolled at Gallaudet, I was 26,and we couldn't find my records either. Turned out I didn't need them, you only need them at 25 and younger. That was Gallaudet, your school might be different, but it's worth checking out.

The first word out of my mouth is that I am 37, and I have graduated HS in the US. So I must have had the immunizations to complete school. But I get the same response, "It is required to have you immunizations records on file." I have been waived the encephalitis vaccine, but not my immunizations.

**Reba** · 02-14-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by marcyp06

If I have to have a BA to get RIT certified then I may not be ablet o get certified. The cost of going to school for 4 years is just far too high :-(

It's RID, not RIT. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

I'm sorry but it's a financial struggle for many of us to get the training we need for our professions. Nothing of value is free and easy.

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What is the reasoning for this? If the person can pass the test and has sufficient knoweledge of ASL and Deaf culture, why is that not enough? Cant they just make the test harder or encompass more in it?

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/C...FAQ_090819.pdf

Interpreters are complaining that the test is too hard now; why would anyone want to take a harder test?

RID and NAD want to have educated interpreters with a broad range of knowledge.

There's a lot more involved in interpreting than just knowing sign language and Deaf culture.

marcyp06 · 02-14-2011, 03:56 PM

[quote=Reba;1768885]It's RID, not RIT. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. QUOTE]
Im aware. Miss-type on my part.

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Originally Posted by Reba

RID and NAD want to have educated interpreters with a broad range of knowledge.

There's a lot more involved in interpreting than just knowing sign language and Deaf culture.

I agree that a terp should be well rounded and educated. However I think requireing a BA to take the test is pushing it.

**Reba** · 02-14-2011, 04:05 PM

[quote=marcyp06;1768889]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reba

It's RID, not RIT. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

Im aware. Miss-type on my part.

Quote:

I agree that a terp should be well rounded and educated. However I think requireing a BA to take the test is pushing it.

I don't make the rules.

hellos245 · 02-14-2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

Here are your answers:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/N..._Extension.pdf

Since June 30, 2009, an associate's degree has been required to take the certification test.

After June 30, 2012, a bachelor's degree will be required before you can take the certification test.

The degree majors do not have to be ITP's.

So I might as well just get a AA or certificate in Deaf Studies and not worry about interpreting, because I dont want to have to go to school for a BA. I wouldnt be starting my interpreting program until Fall 2012 since I have to pass all the prerequisites.
Guess it may just not be worth it for me. Can you be a receptionist in a medical facility for the deaf with just a Deaf Studies degree?

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Juli-terp-to-be Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,413	Thanks both Reba & Oddball for easing my fears. sometimes I feel like the Gods are against me from getting into a better place than I am. Obstacles keep popping up in my path everytime I think I have finally gotten through. __________________ Gamer Girls ROCK! Presidentess of the Bitch Ex Wives of AD

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Etoile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,184	Double check whether immunization records are required above a certain age. When I enrolled at Gallaudet, I was 26,and we couldn't find my records either. Turned out I didn't need them, you only need them at 25 and younger. That was Gallaudet, your school might be different, but it's worth checking out. __________________ "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." -Gandhi Gallaudet University Class of 2011

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Reba Granny Terp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 39,195	No need to panic. The bachelor's degree can be in any major; it doesn't have to be in interpreting. Associate degree ITP credits can still be transferred to four-year programs.

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hellos245 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 193	I want to become an interpretor and go to school. Any advice what type of degree to get? or school to attend?

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Mountain Man Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 596	There are quite a few students in my program who are hoping to graduate and get certified before the bachelors degree requirement kicks in. There's only a couple of us right now who already have our bachelors. Graduating before the deadline isn't the hard part. It's becoming experienced and skilled enough to pass the certification that will be the challenge.

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creature0077 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 53	the University of Houston also offers BA in ITP. However the professor that runs the program is an arrogant creepy old man.

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marcyp06 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ellensburg, WA Posts: 303	If I have to have a BA to get RIT certified then I may not be ablet o get certified. The cost of going to school for 4 years is just far too high :-( What is the reasoning for this? If the person can pass the test and has sufficient knoweledge of ASL and Deaf culture, why is that not enough? Cant they just make the test harder or encompass more in it? __________________ Aspiring interpreter (with an auditory processing disorder) becoming more Deaf-minded everyday. Love this culture.

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