AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
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Sign Language Certificate: 220
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American Sign
Language Certificate: 220
Revised: Effective Semester - Spring 2010
The certificate program in America Sign Language is designed to provide students with a foundation in ASL and would benefit those pursuing business or other service-oriented fields where they might be called upon to communicate directly with Deaf clients. The program also serves students preparing to enter an Interpreter Training Program, students whose first language is ASL and who desire to learn the structure and syntax of the language, and students desiring to improve their understanding of Deaf culture to better communicate with Deaf family, friends, neighbors, and community.
| SL 100 |
ASL I |
3 |
| SL 105 |
Visual Gestural Communication |
3 |
| SL 106 |
Fingerspelling and Number Use in ASL |
3 |
| SL 110 |
ASL II |
3 |
| SL 121 |
Introduction to the Deaf Community and Culture |
3 |
| SL 200 |
ASL III |
3 |
| SL 210 |
ASL IV |
3 |
| SL 205 |
Structural ASL I |
3 |
| SL 206 |
Structural ASL II |
3 |
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Total credit hours 27
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American Sign
Language A.A.
New: Effective Semester: Spring 2010
The Associate of Arts degree program in American Sign Language is a transfer-degree program designed for students who plan to enter fields in which they would work with Deaf people on a daily basis. The program fosters the acquisition of the language and culture of the Deaf in the United States and Canada. Following the national standards established by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the program focuses on communication through the study of semantics, syntax, pragmatics, and cultures. Following program completion, students would transfer to a four-year degree program majoring in american sign language, Deaf studies, Deaf education, interpreter education, or social work. The program is offered at Rockville.
| First Semester |
| EN 101 |
Techniques of Reading and Writing I |
3 |
| PY 102 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| SL 100 |
ASL I |
3 |
| SL 105 |
Visual Gestural Communication |
3 |
| SL 106 |
Fingerspelling and Number Use in ASL |
3 |
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Health foundation |
1 |
Second Semester |
| SL 110 |
ASL II |
3 |
| SL 121 |
Introduction to the Deaf Community and Culture |
3 |
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Arts distribution |
3 |
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English foundation |
3 |
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Natural sciences distribution without lab |
3 |
Third Semester |
| SL 200 |
ASL III |
3 |
| SL 205 |
Structural ASL I |
3 |
| SL 269 |
Independent Study in ASL |
1–4 |
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Natural sciences distribution with lab |
4 |
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Mathematics foundation |
3 |
Fourth Semester |
| SL 206 |
Structural ASL II |
3 |
| SL 207 |
ASL Translation and Interpretation |
3 |
| SL 210 |
ASL IV |
3 |
| SL 226 |
Semantics and Communication in ASL |
3 |
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SL elective * |
3 - 4 |
Total credit
hours 60–64
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*Students should choose an SL capstone course with an adviser.
Program Outcomes for the American Sign Language Degree
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Describe the structures of ASL, including phonology, morphology syntax, and semantics at a level 2.5 proficiency.
- Integrate and recognize ASL registers.
- Demonstrate competency in ASL expressive and receptive skills at a level 2.5 proficiency.
- Demonstrate competency in visual gestural communication and finger spelling.
- Reach competency of 2.5 or better in ASLPI assessment instrument.
- Demonstrate support and respect for ASL as the visual language of the Deaf community
- Demonstrate, appropriately, interpreting skills learned in the classroom into general situations in and out of the Deaf community and in service fields.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the culture and cultural practices of the Deaf community.
- Demonstrate an understanding and application of appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors as proficient users of American Sign Language.
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