Undergraduate Catalog

B.A. in American Sign Language

Summary of Requirements


2024-2025
Core Curriculum 43
Pre-Major Courses 9
Major and Related Courses 51
Free Elective Courses 17
TOTAL 120

Required pre-major courses 9 credits

ASL 270ASL and English: Comparative Analysis

3

ASL 290Visual Language Resource Development

3

LIN 101Sign Language & Sign Systems

3

Required major courses 48 credits

ASL 304ASL Data Analysis and Applications I

3

ASL 305ASL Data Analysis and Applications II

3

ASL 314American Sign Language Literature: Narratives

3

ASL 315ASL Literature: Poetry

3

ASL 370Foundations and Practices in ASL Analysis and Critique

3

ASL 380ASL Elocution: Applications

3

ASL 390Discourse Features in ASL

3

ASL 401Language Attitudes and Ethics

3

ASL 402Sign Language Rights and Advocacy

3

ASL 421Introduction to ASL Instruction

3

ASL 422Application to ASL Instruction

3

ASL 480Introduction to ASL Research

3

ASL 494Senior Seminar

3

DST 204Deaf Culture

3

DST 311Dynamics of Oppression

3

LIN 263Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language

3

One elective ASL course from the following: 3 credits

ASL 490ASL Internship

1-6

ASL 495Special Topics

1-5

ASL 499Independent Study

1-3

Program Outcomes

1. Demonstrate theoretical and analytical knowledge of ASL linguistics and Literature.

 

2. Theoretical and analytical knowledge of the role of ASL in education, politics, and media.

 

3. Students in the program will produce college-level ASL and English texts that demonstrate knowledge of, and critical inquiry into, key concepts in the ASL discipline.

 

4. Students of the program will recognize the importance of the ASL expert as a system change agent and apply this in practice inside and outside the classroom utilizing effective leadership, advocacy, consultation, and collaboration to influence change on the individual, group, and organizational and systemic levels.

 

5. Demonstrate preparation for future career employment in the field of ASL

 

Subject:

American Sign Language