Date: Fridays

Course Outline:

Week 1: January 4

Introductions, Meaning of Ethics;

RID Code of Ethics

HW: Values & Ethics handouts

Week 2: January 11

RID Code of Ethics (cont’d)

Interpreter’s Role: From past to present

Discussion of Values & Ethics

HW: Handout: Read Core Values; Encounters W/ Reality-ER: Read pp. 1-27 Scenarios 1-50 Part 1

Week 3: January 18

Discuss Case Study: “Happy Trails” Discuss ER Scenarios Part 1 1-50, pp. 1-27

HW: Read & do handout: Identity; Read ER Scenarios 51-100 pp.1-55

Week 4: January 25

Discuss Case Study: “Loyalty & Betrayal”

Discuss ER Scenarios 51-100 pp. 1-55

HW: Read handout & do activity: Intellectual & Ethical Maturity;

Read ER Scenarios: Professionalism & Confidentiality pp 61-81

Week 5: February 1

Discuss Case Study: “Creating a Life to

Save a Life”

Discuss ER Scenarios: Professionalism & Confidentiality pp. 61-81

HW: Read handout & do activity: “In the Best Interests of  the Children & “Stop the Music”

Read ER Scenarios: “Are You Qualified; To Sign or Not”, Paying Your Dues” pp. 81-114 

Week 6: February 8

Quiz 1

Activity: “Walking down the Street”

Discuss Case Study: “In the Best Interests of the Children” & “Stop the Music”

Discuss ER Scenarios: “Are You Qualified; To Sign or Not”, Paying Your Dues”

pp. 81-114

HW: Read handout & do activity: Codes of Conduct; Read ER Scenarios: “For Love or Money; Can We All Just Get Along? ; Are You Off-Duty or Not? That is not in My Job Description” pp. 115-13

Week 7: February 15

Discuss Case Study: “Showered With Gifts”

Discuss ER Scenarios “For Love or Money; Can We All Just Get Along? Are You Off-Duty or Not?; That’s Not in My Job Description”  pp. 115- 131

HW: Read & do handout:

Case Study Analysis

Read ER: “The Business Side; It’s A Small World; No One Told Me There’d Be Days Like These”; Get Me Out of Here!; The Things People Say; Nobody is Perfect pp. 132-160

Week 8: February 22

Discuss Case Study: “On the Spot”

Discuss ER Scenarios: “The Business Side; It’s A Small World; No One Told Me There’d Be Days Like These”; Get Me Out of Here!; The Things People Say; Nobody is Perfect pp. 132-160

HW: Read & do handout: Integrity in Action; Read ER Scenarios: Medical Settings; Religious Events; Interpreting on Stage and Screen; Educational Settings” pp. 161-178

Week 9: February 29

Discuss Case Study: “Determining Rates”

Discuss ER Scenarios: Medical Settings; Religious Events; Interpreting on Stage and Screen; Educational Settings” pp. 161-178

HW: Read & do handout: “Ethical Fitness”

Read ER Scenarios: Working With Children & Teenagers; Team Interpreting; Interpreting in Court; Conclusion” pp. 185-201

Week 10: March 7

Discuss Case Study: “ Behind the Times;

ER Scenarios: Working With Children & Teenagers; Team Interpreting; Interpreting in Court; Conclusion” pp. 185-201

Research Paper due

Week 11: March 14

Student Research Presentations

Weekly Journal Due

Week 12: March 21 (last class)

Student Research Presentations

Final Exam