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Do you dream of a professional career as a sign language interpreter?

You can become a federally recognized sign language interpreter by successfully completing a Bachelor's degree. This prepares graduates thoroughly for their later extremely demanding work. This profession requires enormous concentration from professionals. Interpreters therefore rarely work for more than two hours at a time. The individual interpreting assignments require the interpreters to be thoroughly prepared for the subject matter. Each assignment is unique and requires a specialist vocabulary that sign language specialists should have a perfect command of.

Sign language interpreters see themselves as a bridge between hearing and deaf or hearing-impaired people. They make a significant contribution to the integration of this cultural community and avoid pre-programmed misunderstandings and communication problems between hearing and deaf or hearing-impaired people. Their field of application ranges from training and further education, medical examinations, court appointments and support in the workplace to parents' evenings, lectures, meetings and cultural events. The sign language interpreters translate from the spoken word into sign language or vice versa. They often also use other communication systems such as spoken sign language, Lormen or the visualization of spoken language.

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The sign language interpreting course is a full-time course and lasts six semesters.

After successfully completing the Bachelor's degree program and the Bachelor's thesis, graduates of the Sign Language Interpreting degree program are awarded the degree "Bachelor of Arts University of Applied Sciences in Sign Language Interpreting".

The Bachelor's degree program in Sign Language Interpreting consists of a large number of modules and courses that provide students with the skills they need to pursue a professional career. They therefore attend courses on introduction to GSD, biography (language experience and self-reflection), linguistic principles, research and development, sign language practice, introduction to translation studies and translation practice, intercultural skills, networking and reflection, law and technology, information technology and media, economics and political systems and institutions. You will also take the modules Sociology and Interculturality 1 to 3, Professional Studies 1 and 2, courses on German Rhetoric, Dialogue and Monologue, Ethics, Group Conversations, National and International Settings, Interpreting in Special Systems and for Usher Affected Persons, Remote Interpreting, an Introduction to Special Needs Education, Hearing Support and elective modules. In addition, there are the required internships and the Bachelor's thesis module.

Sign language interpreters have a university degree in sign language interpreting, which qualifies them to practice their profession.

Sign language interpreters can be found at a wide variety of occasions and events, interpreting the daily news or in video mediation, at parents' evenings, visits to the authorities, doctors' appointments, continuing education, further training, at work and in various situations in which communication takes place between hearing and deaf or hearing-impaired people. The Procom Foundation provides interpreting services in Switzerland.

An entrance examination is mandatory for admission to the Sign Language Interpreting Bachelor's degree program. This examination is divided into three parts and consists of an interview, a motor skills assessment and a memory test.

Students on the bachelor's degree course in sign language interpreting complete a total of nine internships. These are two observation internships, one interpreting internship in learning groups, one interpreting internship with a learning partner, two individual interpreting internships and one cultural internship.

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