Introduces basics of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture; designed for students for have limited/no knowledge of ASL, focusing on receptive and expressive skills in basic conversation, dialogue, vocabulary development. (LAC)

Expands knowledge of/experiences in American Sign Lanuguage skills and Deaf Culture; develops communicative competence at beginning level focusing on receptive and expressive skills in basic converations, dialogue, vocabulary development. (LAC)

Continues to expand knowledge of experiences in American Sign Language and Deaf Culture; designed to emphasize ASL grammar and sentence structure and to develop communicative competence at intermediate level. (LAC, gtP)

Emphasizes ASL vocabulary, grammar structure to develop communicative competence at intermediate level, promoting awareness of cultural behaviors, rules of discourse, and explores regional and dialectal variations in ASL. (LAC, gtP)