Plan of Study – Sign Language Studies **

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Pre-Sign Language Studies

SLS 1000 Sign Language in Society (3 s.h.)

A survey of American Sign Language and Deaf culture. Emphasis on Sign language structure, history, and usage. Discussion of a sociocultural perspective of Deaf people including readings from anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and education. Includes an examination of American attitudes toward Sign language and Deaf culture.

SLS 1015 Beginning American Sign Language I (3 s.h.)

Development of basic ASL communication skills with appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures. Emphasis on communicative and linguistic functions. Prerequisite or corequisite: SLS 1000.

SLS 1020 Beginning American Sign Language II (3 s.h.)

Development of basic ASL communication skills with appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures. Emphasis on communicative and linguistic functions. Prerequisite: SLS 1000 and SLS 1015 or placement.

SLS1020L Beginning Sign Language II Lab (1 s.h.)

Guided laboratory practicum: Foundational activities building on basic receptive skills with application to real interactions along with reflection and research. Prerequisite: SLS 1020

SLS 2010 Intermediate American Sign Language I (3 s.h.)

Review of ASL grammatical features and further development of communication functions at the intermediate level. Prerequisites: SLS 1020 and SLS 1020.LB or placement. Corequisite: SLS 2010.LB

SLS2010L Intermediate Sign Language 1 Lab (1 s.h.)

Guided laboratory practicum: Continuation of foundational activity building on basic receptive skills with increased use of visual spatial space. Corequisite: SLS 2010