American Sign Language III

Course Number: 
ASL& 123
Course Credits: 
5.00
Course Description: 
ASL&123 is an in-depth study of American Sign Language applications including conversation regulators, classifiers and locatives, idioms and ASL linguistics, directional verbs and cultural information. Satisfies humanities distribution area E requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.
Course Prerequisites: 
Prerequistes: ASL& 122 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.