The Interpreter Training Program is an innovative program that offers the opportunity to acquire basic skills to launch into a new career in the sign language interpreting field skill in American Sign Language or to use sign language as a foreign language credit. Program courses are offered on campus and online. Those who are skilled interpreters, in addition to having a trade or profession, provide a valuable service to society, making it possible to provide equal access for deaf and hard–of–hearing people to all area of employment, social services and education.