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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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American Sign Language |
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ASL 101 - Beginning American Sign Language I
This is a beginning course in American Sign Language (ASL). It will include extensive study of receptive and expressive use of ASL, as well as an introductory discussion of Deaf culture. Course content covers basic principles in the use of sign, sign vocabulary, and aspects of the grammar of ASL. In addition to class sessions, students will use written materials and other media outside of class. This course has a community interaction requirement of four hours over the semester.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 102 - Beginning American Sign Language II
This is the second beginning course in American Sign Language (ASL). This course has a community interaction requirement of nine hours over the semester.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 101 or departmental permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 150 - Language Table
Students will participate in a one-hour weekly language table where they will practice conversational skills in a group. Students of all levels are welcome. This course is taken as pass/fail.
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Credits: 0.5
May be repeated for credit.
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Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language I
This is the third in a four-course sequence in American Sign Language (ASL). The course includes extensive work on receptive and expressive use of ASL. It emphasizes the grammatical structure of ASL, particularly its morphology, syntax, and semantics. In addition to class sessions, students will work with media from external resources. This course has a community interaction requirement of 14 hours over the semester.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 102 or departmental permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation, Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 202 - Intermediate American Sign Language II
Continuation of ASL 201 . This course has a community interaction requirement of 19 hours over the semester. Toward the end of the course, students will take the ASLA, an external assessment of ASL skills.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 201 or departmental permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation, Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 305 - Practical American Sign Language I
This course focuses on use of American Sign Language (ASL) at an advanced level with a focus on the use of ASL in conversational settings not only with an ASL instructor but also with a variety of community members fluent in ASL in class and in community settings. In addition, ASL grammar and discourse skills will be honed.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 202 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 306 - Practical American Sign Language II
This course is a continuation of ASL 305 with a focus on the use of ASL in conversational settings not only with an ASL instructor but also with a variety of community members fluent in ASL in class and in community settings, and over 2 dimensional electronic platforms like Skype and Videophone on laptops and smart phones (e.g., Glide, Marco Polo). In addition, ASL grammar and discourse skills will be further honed in the context of interview and conversational venues.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 305 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 401 - Advanced American Sign Language I
This is the fifth in a sequence of courses in American Sign Language. This course focuses on advanced expressive skills, including explaining, rephrasing, demonstrating, and persuading. Grammatical principles and functions will be emphasized. Aspects of grammar that will be expanded include classifiers, conditional sentences, rhetorical questions, and relative clauses. Appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL will continue to be an important part of class. This course has a community interaction requirement of 24 hours over the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of B or higher in ASL 202 or ASL 306 , or equivalent, and score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 402 - Advanced American Sign Language II
Continuation of ASL 401 . This course has a community interaction requirement of 29 hours over the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in ASL 401 , and score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, or departmental permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 415 - ASL Literature in ASL
This course, conducted in ASL, introduces Deaf and hearing students to American Sign Language literature, including introductions and face-to-face narratives, as well as literary genres such as the ASL epic poem, stream of consciousness poetry, allegory, and historical fiction. Structural characteristics of the ASL platform narrative and the written English essay are compared and contrasted. Emphasis is on the production and comprehension of academic ASL.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 401 and LIN 203 (or concurrent), score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Every two years in fall
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 416 - ASL Linguistics in ASL
This course focuses on advanced aspects of ASL grammar including complex co-reference, the scope of non-manual grammatical markers, quantification, complex classifier choice, verbs of motion and location, and complex aspectual marking and agreement. Students receive diagnostic feedback throughout the course and are given specific remedial studies to pursue independently. Emphasis is on the production and comprehension of academic ASL.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 401 , score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, LIN 105 , LIN 185 ; or permission of instructor for students with native-level competency in ASL.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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ASL 417 - Deaf Art, Film, and Theatre in ASL
This course will examine Deaf culture as expressed in art, film, and theatre. Selections of Deaf art, film, and theatre from the 1900s to the present based on the Deaf experience will be discussed in the context of social and cultural history. The course will be taught in ASL. Emphasis is on the production and comprehension of academic ASL.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 401 and LIN 203 (or concurrent), score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Every two years in fall
Course Type: American Sign Language
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Linguistics |
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ASL 398 - Independent Study
In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in American Sign Language that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
May be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Course Type: American Sign Language
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