Contact

Sara Juarez
Director/Instructor
White (Building 1), room 154
919-536-7200, ext. 3232
juarezs@durhamtech.edu

Community Spanish Interpreter - Medical Diploma

Long Term

The Community Spanish Interpreter curriculum prepares individuals to work as entry-level bilingual professionals who will provide communication access in interview and interactive settings. In addition, this curriculum provides educational training for working professionals who want to acquire Spanish language skills.

Course work includes the acquisition of Spanish: grammar, structure, and sociolinguistic properties, cognitive processes associated with interpretation between Spanish and English; the structure and character of the Hispanic community; and acquisition of communication skills.

Graduates should qualify for entry-level jobs as para-professional bilingual employees in educational systems or a variety of community settings. Individuals may choose from part-time, full-time, or self-employment/free-lance positions, or apply language skills to other human service related areas.


Students are required to regularly practice their medical interpreting skills face-to-face, in person, and outside of class with their classmates.

Service Learning

Each program requires service learning involving 10 hours or more of interpreting services for non-profit organization(s). It is performed outside of class time and students cannot be compensated for their interpreting services.

Information and Spanish Placement Test Session

It is mandatory that students who wish to enroll in the program attend an information session and Spanish placement testing. View the dates below in the Upcoming Events section.

Estimated Tuition & Fees

$3,947

Location

Main Campus

Credit Hours

47

First-Semester Courses

Course Number Title Credit Hours
COM-231 Public Speaking 3
SPA-111 Elementary Spanish I 3
SPA-181 Spanish Lab 1 1

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