Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Department of ASL & Interpreting Studies

ASL 101 American Sign Language I

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.
3

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 102 American Sign Language II

Expands knowledge of/experiences in American Sign Language skills and Deaf Culture; develops communicative competence at beginning level focusing on receptive and expressive skills in basic conversations, dialogue, vocabulary development.
3

Prerequisites

ASL 101 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 201 American Sign Language III

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.
3

Prerequisites

ASL 102 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

LAA4-Arts&Hum-World Languages and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Foreign Languages

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 202 American Sign Language IV

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.
3

Prerequisites

ASL 201 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Attribute

LAA4-Arts&Hum-World Languages and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Foreign Languages

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 210 American Sign Language for Professionals I

This course is focused on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAB3-Soc&BehSci-HumBeh,Cult,Soc and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Human Behavior & Soc Sys

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 212 American Sign Language for Professional II

This course builds on what was learned in ASL for Professional I and continues the focus on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.

3

Prerequisites

ASL 210 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Fall and Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAB3-Soc&BehSci-HumBeh,Cult,Soc and LAMS-Multicultural Studies and GT Human Behavior & Soc Sys

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

ASL 310 Deaf Culture and Community

This course is a survey of psychosocial and sociocultural factors that define Deaf people as members of a linguistic and cultural minority. The history, language, values, and traditions of the deaf community will also be examined.
3

Prerequisites

ASL 202 with a minimum grade of D-

Major/Minor Restriction

Include American Sign Language (and) American Sign Lang-Eng Interpr (and) American Sign Lang Eng Interpr Major(s)/Minor(s)