ASL Deaf Studies

Certificate—28 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1469

The ASL Deaf Studies Certificate is designed to develop skills in American Sign Language to provide students with a strong foundation to enter professions that provide services to the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing communities. Certificate completion will also provide a path to entry into the American Sign Language Interpretation Program which has selective enrollment.

Required General Education Courses

3 credit hours as follows:

COM-101

Composition I

3

Required Career Courses

25 credit hours as follows:

ASL-100	Visual Gestural Communication	2
ASL-101	American Sign Language I	3
ASL-102	American Sign Language II	3
ASL-103	American Sign Language III	3
ASL-110	Deaf Culture and History	3
ASL-111	Working in the Deaf Community	1
ASL-114	Fingerspelling and Numbers in ASL	2
ASL-121	Linguistics of ASL	3
ASL-122	Classifiers in ASL	2
ASL-201	American Sign Language IV	3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (14 credit hours)

ASL-100	Visual Gestural Communication	2
ASL-101	American Sign Language I	3
ASL-102	American Sign Language II	3
ASL-111	Working in the Deaf Community	1
ASL-114	Fingerspelling and Numbers in ASL	2
COM-101	Composition I	3

Semester 2 (14 credit hours)

ASL-103	American Sign Language III	3
ASL-110	Deaf Culture and History	3
ASL-121	Linguistics of ASL	3
ASL-122	Classifiers in ASL	2
ASL-201	American Sign Language IV	3