ASL American Sign Language (ASL)

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the Deaf Culture and Community; history of American Sign Language; deafness and its causes, community services available to the deaf community, Americans with Disabilities Act laws. Five observation hours are required.

This course is the first in a series of three American Sign Language courses and is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpersonal, receptive and expressive modes of communication. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, and perspectives of American Deaf culture. Students learn grammar, vocabulary, structures, and spatial orientation to enable them to meet functional performance goals at this level and to build a foundation for continued language learning. During this course, students generally perform in the novice range, although a few abilities may emerge in the intermediate range. Ten Community Learning Experience (CLE) hours are required. TAG approved--effective Summer 2016 OFL025 (TAG approved sequence (ASL124 and ASL122) OFL029 effective spring 2018)

This course introduces the student to the philosophy of interpreting, history and models of interpreting; ethical issues; physical, social and psychological factors. Five observation hours are required.

This course is the second in the series of three American Sign Language courses and is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpersonal, receptive, and expressive modes of communication. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, and perspectives of American Deaf culture. Students learn grammar, vocabulary, structures, and spatial orientation to enable them to meet functional performance goals at this level and to build a foundation for continued language learning. During this course, students perform better and stronger in the novice range while some abilities emerge in the intermediate range. Ten Community Learning Experience (CLE) hours are required. TAG approved OFL026 effective spring 2018 (TAG approved sequence (ASL124 and ASL122) OFL029 effective spring 2018)

This course is the third in a series of three language courses and is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpersonal, receptive, and expressive modes of communication. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with products, practices, and perspectives of American Deaf culture. Students learn grammar, vocabulary, structures, and spatial orientation to enable them to meet functional performance goals at this level and to build a foundation for continued language learning. During this course, students can consistently perform in the novice range while more abilities emerge and develop in the intermediate range. Ten Community Learning Experience (CLE) hours are required. TAG approved OFL027 effective spring 2018