Hands-on Experience
By the time you graduate from the of ASL-English Interpreting program, you'll have 600 hours of field experience under your belt—more field time than any other program in the country requires. To help put things into perspective:
- A month of 40-hour work weeks only has 173 hours.
- It would only take 415 hours to travel around the earth at 60 mph.
- It would only take 168 hours to watch all 19 seasons of The Simpsons.
By the time you graduate, you'll have more than just a bachelor's degree—you'll have what works out to be a little over four months of full-time, on the job training. It's part of what makes Keuka College the national leader in experiential, hands-on learning.
Other things that set our program apart:
- Current technology in our new ASL lab.
- Small class sizes.
- One-on-one teaching and support
- Six levels of ASL courses.
- Study of ASL culture, linguistics and literature
- Award-winning faculty
Local Area
Nearby Rochester, N.Y., is home to the largest population of deaf people per capita in the country. Hailed by many as the most Deaf-friendly city in America, nearly every aspect of life in Rochester is deaf accessible. Learn more >>
Field Period Opportunities
The ASL-English Interpreting program features an interpreting practicum, a semester-long supervised interpreting internship, and many opportunities for observing, shadowing, and working alongside professional interpreters.
ASL-English interpreting can take you places in both your professional and academic careers. Keuka students have completed Field Periods in places as close as Canandaigua and as far away as Little Canada, Minn. See where ASL-English Interpreting majors have conducted Field Periods.