ASL - American Sign Language

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Courses

ASL 101 Beginning American Sign Language 1
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

An introductory course on American Sign Language. Topics include: ASL vocabulary, Deaf culture, ASL grammatical features, and beginning ASL conversational comprehensive and expressive skills.
Prerequisites: None

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ASL 102 Beginning American Sign Language 2
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

A continuation of ASL 101. Topics include: continued development of ASL vocabulary and grammatical features, understanding of Deaf culture, and conversational comprehensive and expressive skills.
Prerequisites: ASL 101 (minimum grade C)

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ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language 1
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

A course on developing and practicing receptive and expressive skills for acquiring ASL targeted vocabulary and grammatical features. Topics include: improving ASL skills by visual comprehension, signing, writing with gloss system, and using basic expressive and receptive skills in laboratory/class settings.
Prerequisites: ASL 102 (minimum grade C)

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ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language 2
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

A continuation of ASL 201. Topics include: higher level skills in major grammatical features of ASL, and additional practice of receptive skills using prepared dialogues as well as numbers.
Prerequisites: ASL 201 (minimum grade C)
Corequisites: Take ITP 230

ASL 251 Advanced American Sign Language 1
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

A course on advanced ASL communication skills, vocabulary, and grammatical features. Topics include: advanced practice and development of expressive and receptive skills.
Prerequisites: ASL 202 and ITP 230 (minimum grade C for both)

ASL 252 Advanced American Sign Language 2
3 Credits. 3 Lecture Hours. 1 Lab Hour.

A continuation of ASL 251. Topics include: advanced-level vocabulary building and grammatical features improvement, and applying native-like signing into ASL production.
Prerequisites: ASL 251 (minimum grade C)