Codes and Dates
Current Effective Date 2025 Fall Semester
Curriculum Committee Approval: 10/07/2024
Board of Trustees Approval: 11/12/2024
Program Control Number 31872
Department: FL
Subject: (ASL) American Sign Language
TOP Code 0850.00 - Sign Language
Description
This degree is designed to prepare students for transfer as a junior to a baccalaureate degree program in American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf Studies or Interpreting.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
1. Utilize ASL consistent with the ability of a 4th semester second language learner with a Deaf individual or groups of Deaf people.
2. Categorize and describe characteristics that impact a Deaf person's life in the following areas: the world of work, education, family, language and social development.
3. Identify and compare beliefs, values, norms, traditions and attitudes reflected in Deaf culture, their subgroups and other cultures.
Degree Requirements
Required Core Courses
29.0
ASL 1
Beginning American Sign Language (Active)
4.0
ASL 2
High-Beginning American Sign Language (Active)
4.0
ASL 3
Intermediate American Sign Language (Active)
4.0
ASL 4
High-Intermediate American Sign Language (Active)
4.0
ASL 5
Deaf Culture (Active)
3.0
ASL 6
Linguistics of American Sign Language (Active)
4.0
ASL 7
Deaf History (Active)
3.0
ASL 8
American Sign Language Literature/Folklore (Active)
3.0
Elective Courses (3 units)
3.0
ASL 20
Introduction to American Sign Language/English Interpreting (Active)
3.0
CHDEV 30
Child and Family in a Diverse Community (Historical)
3.0
LING 10
Introduction to Language (Historical)
3.0
Total: 32.0