Sign Language Interpretation
Major
Overview
Actress Marlee Matlin was only twenty-one when she won an Academy Award for her role in the 1986 movie Children of a Lesser God. The achievement is even more amazing when you consider the fact that Matlin is almost completely deaf. Since winning the award, Matlin's kept busy acting in film and TV roles, writing novels, and raising children.
Interpreting students learn how to help Deaf and hearing people communicate with each other so that Deaf people can participate fully in society.