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| American Sign Language | |
| ASL 1010 | Elementary American Sign Language I (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority. |
| ASL 1020 | Elementary American Sign Language II (4.00) |
| Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority. Prerequisite: ASL 1010 or successful completion of placement exam. | |
| ASL 1559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New Course offering in the subject of American Sign Language. | |
| ASL 2010 | Intermediate American Sign Language I (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf history and other related topics. Prerequisite: ASL 1020 or successful completion of placement exam. |
| ASL 2020 | Intermediate American Sign Language II (3.00) |
| Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf history and other related topics. Prerequisite: ASL 2010 or successful completion of placement exam. | |
| ASL 2300 | Women and Gender In The Deaf World (3.00) |
| Examines the roles of deaf women inside and outside of the signing Deaf community. Using an interdisciplinary approach, considers such topics as language and cultural barriers, violence against women, sexuality, race, class, education, and work. Investigates disparities between deaf and hearing women and the choices available to d/Deaf women, individually and collectively, in contemporary culture. No prior knowledge of ASL is required. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| ASL 2450 | Deaf People, Society, and the Law (3.00) |
| This course will explore the Deaf community, discrimination, and laws affecting Deaf people in the United States. We will consider the experiences of Deaf people before and after such measures as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 to gain insight into how the law affects social perceptions and people's everyday lives. No prior knowledge of ASL or Deaf culture is required for this course. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| ASL 2559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New course offering the subject of American Sign Language. | |
| ASL 3010 | Conversational ASL (3.00) |
| Continues language and cultural instruction with emphasis on everyday conversation. Topics include common idioms and slang, explaining rules, discussing finances and major decisions, and storytelling techniques such as role-shifting and narrative structure. Students will be required to interact with deaf signers. Prerequisite: ASL 2020 or successful completion of placement interview. | |
| ASL 3081 | History of the American Deaf Community (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community of Deaf people who share a distinct sign language and culture. We will read both primary texts from specific periods and secondary sources. We will also view a few historical films. |
| ASL 3559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1.00 - 4.00) |
| New course in the subject of American Sign Language. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| ASL 4559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | New course in the subject of American Sign Language. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| ASL 4750 | Topics in Deaf Studies (3.00) |
| Examines such topics as American deaf history; ASL linguistics; deaf education; cultural versus pathological views of deaf people; controversies over efforts to eliminate sign language and cure deafness; ASL poetry and storytelling; deafness in mainstream literature, film, and drama; deafness and other minority identities; and the international deaf community. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ASL 4810 | Deafness in Literature and Film (3.00) |
| Studies representations of deaf people in literature and film over the last three centuries. Takes a contrapuntal approach, juxtaposing canonical literature and mainstream films with works (in either English or American Sign Language) by relatively unknown deaf artists. | |