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Course Descriptions : ASL — American Sign Language

ASL — American Sign Language
ASL 101 American Sign Language I (3)
Introduces basics of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture; designed for students who have limited/no knowledge of ASL, focusing on receptive and expressive skills in basic conversation, dialogue, vocabulary development. (LAC)
ASL 102 American Sign Language II (3)
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 conversation, dialogue, vocabulary development. (LAC)
ASL 201 American Sign Language III (3)
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. (LAC, gtP)
ASL 202 American Sign Language IV
(3)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. (LAC, gtP)