Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan, started its sign language/interpreter training program in 1978. Sign language students can earn an associate's degree by completing 54 credits of signing courses and a minimum of 12 general education courses.
Lansing Community College also offers a certificate of achievement, which only requires 37 to 38 credits, all in signing-related courses.
Signing classes include introduction to the deaf community, advanced fingerspelling, conversational ASL, principles of interpreting and more.
Lansing Community College
P.O. Box 40010
Lansing, MI 48901-7210
517-483-1957
lcc.edu
Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan offers courses in American Sign Language and an associate's degree in sign language interpretation. According to the college's website, students must complete at least one year of formal sign language training before they can apply for the program.
The training program includes 18 credit hours of general education courses and 49 credit hours of sign language classes. These include introduction to deaf-blind interpreting, introduction to ASL linguistics, professional responsibilities and a preparation class for the state's interpreter certification test.
Mott Community College
1401 East Court St.
Flint, MI 48503
810-762-0200
mcc.edu
Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, started offering a bachelor's degree in sign language studies in 1975. It is the only four-year sign language program in the state. Students can select a concentration in deaf studies or sign language interpreting.
According to the university's website, the sign language studies curriculum adheres to a philosophy that sign language is a human right. Courses include sign language structure, deaf culture, interpreting in specialized settings, simultaneous communication and ASL drama.
Madonna University
36600 Schoolcraft Road
Livonia, Michigan 48150
800-852-4951
madonna.edu