American Sign Language II

Course Number: 
ASL& 122
Course Credits: 
5.00
Course Description: 
ASL&122 enables students to better use and comprehend ASL by building a deeper understanding of the vocabulary, improving expressive and receptive skills, and increasing knowledge of the Deaf Culture and community. Satisfies humanities distribution area E requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
Course Prerequisites: 
Prerequisites: ASL& 121 with a "C" or better or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes: 
  • Have a basic foundation of ASL through nonverbal communication, visual exercises, body language and facial expressions.
  • Develop conversational vocabulary and grammatical structures of ASL.
  • Develop basic receptive and expressive skills to communicate with a Deaf person.
  • Have a basic understanding of American Deaf Culture and the history.