American Sign Language I

ASL-101 : American Sign Language I

Academic Level:
Undergraduate
Department:
Humanities
Subject:
American Sign Language
Prerequisites:
None
Corequisites:
None
Credits:
3

ASL 101 is an introductory course to American Sign Language as it is used within the American Deaf community, as well as an introduction to Deaf Culture and history. The class will emphasize non-verbal communication as students learn basic vocabulary, sentence structure, facial expressions, signing parameters and other grammatical markers. Students will start to build basic expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language that will be reinforced by a variety of activities.