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• HTE 203: Hospitality Sales and Marketing

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This courses encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel-related services. Students applymarketing principles, theoriesand concepts in developing marketing strategies for hospitality and tourism organizations. Emphasis is placed on marketing mix, market segmentation and analysis, sales planningand public relations
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• HTE 212: Sustainability in Hospitality

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course introduces students to the concept of sustainability and its relevance to contemporary society within the tourism, hospitality and event sectors. Students examine the potential positive and negative impacts of tourism, hospitality and events on communities, economies and the environment. Students explore strategies based on the principles of sustainable development.
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• HTE 240: Commercial Recreation and Tourism

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course introduces students to the scope and characteristics of the management aspects and trends of the commercial recreation and tourism industry. Students explore the implications of leisure values in society. The role that various organizations have played in the tourism, recreation, sport and park industries are discussed. Entrepreneurial strategies for business start-ups such as the steps of the feasibility study, operations management and specific types of programs in commercial recreation and tourism are also explored.
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• HTE 241: Contemporary Travel and Tourism Management

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  In this course, students explore tourism as a global industry that drives economic, socialand environmental change. Tourism and its various sectors such as accommodation, attractions, activitiesand events are discussed.The history of tourism, key tourism drivers, the industry's organizational structure and sustainable tourism are examined. Studentsinvestigate visitor segments, categories of travel, niche tourism and the importance of visitor experiences.
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• HTE 256P: Hospitality, Tourism and Event Planning Practicum

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course provides students with an opportunity to fine-tune skill sets learned in academic coursework.Workplace skills are enhanced as students participate in practical experiences related to individual career objectives.Students are required to complete 150 hours of work experience ina segment of the hospitality, tourism or event planning industry specific to their area of concentration.
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• ITP 103: Discourse Analysis and Translation

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course serves as an introduction to principles of discourse analysis and translation. Both American Sign Language (ASL) and English source texts areused to cover a survey of the main theories of translation and interpretation. Students learnfoundational skills forsubsequent interpreting courses. This course focuses on the mental processing skills including but not limited to: visualization, listening and comprehending, shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual-task training and cloze skills. Students must pass this course with a grade of "C" or better in order to progress to ITP 104. Prerequisite:    Eligibility for ENG 101L and admission to the Interpreter Training Program. Corequisite:    ASL 209 
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• ITP 104: Consecutive Interpreting

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course further develops students' translation and discourse analysis skills by applying them to consecutive interpretation. Consecutive interpretation skills leads to greater accuracy in simultaneous interpretation, while allowing students to work on a dynamically equivalent message with less time pressure than simultaneous interpreting. Studentslearn to assess their own work and the work of peers for accuracy and equivalence. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ITP 103  Corequisite:    ASL 210 
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• ITP 105: Introduction to Interpreting

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course provides students with an overview of the sign language interpreting field. The history and development of sign language interpreting are explored, along with trends and issues in the field. Various service models of interpretingare discussed. Laws governing the provision of interpreting services in the state of Pennsylvania are addressed, along with issues pertaining to qualifications and certifications. There is a minimum of 10 hours of interpreting observations for this course that may require students to have appropriateclearances.
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• ITP 112: Service Learning

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is designed to strengthen the student's language and cultural knowledge through direct experience working alongside the local Deaf community. Studentsdevelop and apply a community-based project as a way to work with, rather than for, the community to help to strengthen the Deaf community's presence and rapport with future working interpreters. In this way, the students develop skills to set appropriate boundaries, work as a member of a team and the ability to listen to the community members to find out what their needs might be. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ASL 210   
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• ITP 200: Linguistics of ASL and English

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course, taught in American Sign Language (ASL), trains students to perform linguistic analysis of ASL and recognize the parallel structures in English. Emphasis is placed upon examining the features of each language and contact between English and ASL. Prerequisite:    A grade of "C" or better in ASL 209 and a grade of "C" or better in ASL 109   
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