Online Summer Undergraduate Courses
Need more flexibility to fit your coursework into your life? With Summer Term's online courses, you can work—or say “yes” to your dream internship—and still continue to pace yourself on the path to graduation.
Filter your search to find the class you need or to explore a new interest. Some undergraduate courses are also available to qualified pre-college students.
Introduction to Medical and Mental Health Interpreting - AS.211.259
Pre-College students & Undergraduate students July 1 - August 2 OnlineThis course is a broad introduction to the fields of medical and mental health interpreting. Modules will include: (1) Three-way communication: managing role expectations and interpersonal dynamics; (2) Basic interpreting skills and techniques in a healthcare setting; (3) Ethical principles, dilemmas, and confidentiality; (4) Elements of medical interpreting; (5) Elements of mental health interpreting; (6) Trauma-informed interpreting: serving the refugee population. The course is taught in English, and has no foreign language pre-requisites.
This online course is primarily delivered asynchronously; however, your instructor has scheduled a regular synchronous session each Monday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and may schedule additional live interactions as well. Please refer to your syllabus for these opportunities and for important course deadlines.