NOTE: For additional courses in American Sign Language please see those course listed under Interpreting (ITP).

ASL 101. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I
3 lec. 1 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

This total immersion course adheres to the Functional-Notional Approach to second language acquisition, which focuses on the communicative needs of people engaged in common everyday interactions. Functions that help students establish and maintain social relationships are emphasized. Sessions will introduce formal and informal registers in American Sign Language. Grammar and language structure are taught through meaningful and experiential activities, which adhere to research findings on the importance of incorporating facial grammar, mouth morphemes and non-manual signals in the early stages of learning American Sign Language as a second language. Students will progress in formulating ideas and engaging in conversations from concrete to abstract through role-playing in everyday interactions using basic total language concepts.
Prerequisite: None.

ASL 102. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II
3 lec. 1 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

This is a total immersion course designed to help the student further enhance their communication and language skill by working with their pre-existing knowledge of American Sign Language structure and grammar.
Prerequisite: ASL 101 or permission of instructor after entrance evaluation of signing skills.

ASL 103. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III
3 lec. 1 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

This course builds upon the communication and language skills acquired in ASL 102 and continues to enhance knowledge and skill in American Sign Language structure, grammar, and advanced vocabulary by emphasizing real-world signing in everyday situations. Prerequisite: ASL 102.

ASL 105. LINGUISTICS OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
3 lec. 1 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

This course is designed to the linguistic features of American Sign Language (ASL). First, the students will learn features common to all languages and move on to the basic phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic features of ASL. This course is taught in ASL.

Corequisite: ASL 102.

ASL 201. ADVANCED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
3 lec. 1 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

This course is a continuation of ASL 103. Students will engage in extensive text analysis in preparation for more extensive interpretation exercises. Storytelling is utilized to develop further expressive and narrative skills. Students develop longer and challenging videotaped presentations.
Prerequisite: ASL 103.

ASL 271. SPECIAL STUDY PROJECT I
1 lec. 0 lab. 1 cr. hr.

A special learning experience designed by one or more students with the cooperation and approval of a faculty member. Proposed study plans require departmental approval. Projects may be based on reading, research, community service, work experience or other activities that advance the student’s knowledge and competence in the field of biology or related areas. The student’s time commitment to the project will be approximately 35-50 hours.

ASL 272. SPECIAL STUDY PROJECT II
2 lec. 0 lab. 2 cr. hrs.

Similar to ASL 271, except that the student’s time commitment to the project will be approximately 70-90 hours.

ASL 273. SPECIAL STUDY PROJECT III
3 lec. 0 lab. 3 cr. hrs.

Similar to ASL 271, except that the student’s time commitment to the project will be approximately 105-135 hours.