ASL 19201 ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to American Sign Language and the culture of the American signing community, in an immersion setting.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Foreign Language
ASL 19202 ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II 4 Credit Hours
A continuation of the introduction to American Sign Language and the culture of the American signing community, in an immersion setting.
Prerequisite: ASL 19201.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Foreign Language
ASL 19401 EXPLORATION OF DEAF CULTURE 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to the American Deaf Community and its culture. Topics include myths and facts about deafness, cultural norms, basic history of American Sign Language, issues of language and cultural oppression, history of education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, legal rights and advocacy.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 29201 INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I 3 Credit Hours
Continued development of receptive and expressive skills in American Sign Language and an introduction to ASL grammar, using a bilingual-bicultural approach and interaction with deaf organizations.
Prerequisite: ASL 19202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Foreign Language
ASL 29202 INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II 3 Credit Hours
Continuation of ASL 29201 with an emphasis on greater exploration of American Sign Language sentence structure using a bilingual-bicultural approach. Students are involved in a community service project, providing a hands-on experience with using ASL within a community setting.
Prerequisite: ASL 29201.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Foreign Language
ASL 29212 APPLIED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE GRAMMAR 3 Credit Hours
Provides students with intensive instruction and practice in grammar to help intermediate students express complex ideas using American Sign Language.
Prerequisite: ASL 19202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 29213 FINGERSPELLING, NUMBERS AND DEPICTION 3 Credit Hours
Provides intermediate students with intensive instruction and practice in technical aspects of American Sign Language, including fingerspelling, numbers, and depiction, and provides opportunities for students to incorporate these skills in spontaneous conversations.
Prerequisite: ASL 19202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 39095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit for maximum 9 hours) Special topics course in American Sign Language, the topic of which varies. Precise titles and descriptions appear in the schedule of classes.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 39201 ADVANCED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: NARRATIVE AND STORYTELLING 3 Credit Hours
Students enhance receptive and expressive proficiency in an immersion setting through the use of both planned and impromptu in-class discussion of current and historic events and involvement with a community service project. Students are advised to begin planning this activity early during the semester.
Prerequisite: ASL 29202 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 39202 ADVANCED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: PRACTICAL COMMUNICATION 3 Credit Hours
Students continue to increase their receptive and expressive proficiency with American Sign Language in an immersion setting through in-class formal and informal presentations, discussions of current and historical events and working with groups to complete a semester project.
Prerequisite: ASL 29202 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 39213 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CONVERSATION 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces students to concepts, vocabulary and signing conventions when interacting with the Deaf using American Sign Language (ASL). The conversation surrounds both community members’ public and private lives. Some topics include world news and globalization; types of companies and industries; organizational structures; management; personnel; banking and finance; politics; global warming; environmental changes; natural disasters; and medical professional settings, including types of testing and procedures with advancing technologies. Topics of cross-cultural communication include etiquette and socio-pragmatic conventions, solidarity and deference, directness and indirectness and language variation. Course materials, activities and assessments are carried out within the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (National Standards Collaborative Board) framework and “5 C’s”: communication, cultures, connections, comparisons and communities.
Prerequisite: ASL 29202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 39223 SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
Provides an introduction to the sociolinguistics of American Sign Language (ASL) and the Deaf Community: A study of ASL within a social context. Topics include: multilingualism, variation (related to region, ethnicity, class and age), bilingualism and language contact, language policy and planning and language attitudes. This course is taught in English. Knowledge of ASL is helpful but not necessary.
Prerequisite: Junior standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
ASL 39401 INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN THE DEAF WORLD 3 Credit Hours
This course explores key figures who have impacted the lives and culture of Deaf, Deaf-Blind and hard of hearing people while also participating within a dominant culture. First-hand narratives will allow students to engage with Deaf experiences to understand hegemony as it applies to hearing status. Coursework investigates but is not limited to the lives and contributions of those who have influenced American Sign Language, ASL instruction, Deaf professionals in Education and research, the arts, interpreting, sports, media, legislation, and affiliated organizations. A portion of this course will be utilized to explore Deaf people, social issues and civil rights from a global perspective.
Pre/corequisite: ASL 19202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49091 SEMINAR IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Provides an in-depth treatment of an American Sign Language linguistics-related topic.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in ASL 49108; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49092 PRACTICUM IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
In consultation with the ASL program coordinator, ASL students design a practicum experience related to signed languages and their communities. Successful presentation of cumulative portfolio required prior to registration.
Prerequisite: ASL 29202.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
ASL 49096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Individual research on a topic dealing with American Sign Language, ASL pedagogy and/or deaf culture carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. The work for this course should result in a paper, presentation or some other gradable product(s).
Prerequisite: One American Sign Language (ASL) upper-division (30000 or 40000 level) course with a minimum B grade; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49108 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS I 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with SPED 53108) Lecture, discussion and application course designed to introduce students to basic linguistic terminology and concepts, as applied to American Sign Language (ASL) and taught using a bilingual-bicultural approach. Both ASL and English are used in the instruction of this class. Successful presentation of cumulative portfolio is required prior to registration in this course.
Prerequisite: ASL 29202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49201 ADVANCED PROFICIENCY 3 Credit Hours
Students improve knowledge and use of American Sign Language and experiential knowledge of ASL culture through development, production, critique, revision and evaluation of an extended ASL presentation. This is an immersion class; voicing will not be used.
Prerequisite: ASL 39202; and score of intermediate level on the Signing Competency Proficiency Interview.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49350 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE LITERATURE 3 Credit Hours
This course explores the evolution of storytelling and poetry in American Sign Language and the Deaf community (in the U.S.). Two perspectives are explored: (1) the evolution of the language and its literature, and (2) the historical context and important figures whose work and style had significant impact. The course is conducted primarily in ASL, but examines the translation process to and from English to explore how the spoken, written and signed languages influence each other. This course culminates in a final student production in ASL, either live or recorded, performed for an audience providing appropriate translation and accessibility.
Prerequisite: ASL 39201 with a minimum B grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ASL 49601 ACTIVITY DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to prepare students to teach in both a formal classroom setting as well as in developing community programs to increase awareness of ASL and the Deaf community. Through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical application, students develop a comprehensive understanding of ASL pedagogy. This is an essential course for students preparing for a student teaching placement or students in other fields who wish to offer workshops and community content.
Pre/corequisite: ASL 39202.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter