American Sign Language Studies - A.A. Degree
Description The American Sign Language Studies degree prepares students for careers relating to the Deaf community and/or American Sign Language (ASL). Students will gain skills in communicating through ASL and translating English to ASL/ASL to English. American Sign Language Studies may lead students to careers in deaf education, interpreting, sign language instruction, linguistic research, and many other areas. Additionally, students will have greater employment opportunities with their ability to communicate with the deaf and hard-of-hearing population, especially in legal fields, education, public safety, and health care. Program Learning Outcomes Upon the successful completion of this p
Courses
- ANTHRO 1 — Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- ASL 1 — Elementary American Sign Language I
- ASL 18 — Introduction to Deaf Studies
- ASL 2 — Elementary American Sign Language II
- ASL 21 — Classifiers/Depicting Verbs
- ASL 22 — Fingerspelling/Numbers
- ASL 3 — Intermediate American Sign Language III
- ASL 4 — Intermediate American Sign Language IV
- COMSTD 14 — Oral Interpretation of Literature
- COMSTD 74 — Intercultural Communication
- ED 10 — Introduction to Elementary Classroom Teaching
- ED 10W — Introduction to Elementary Classroom Teaching Fieldwork
- PHIL 72 — Seminar in Ethics
- PHIL 76 — Critical Thinking
- PSYCH 65 — Social Psychology
- SOC 10 — Introduction to Sociology