SGNL 1301 American Sign Language (ASL) I: 3 semester hours.

The course involves the learning of beginner levels of American Sign Language. Which includes the study of the history, structure, and grammar of American Sign Language. It also incorporates the study of the historical and cultural contexts of the Deaf community.

SGNL 1302 American Sign Language II: 3 semester hours.

In this course, students will expand their knowledge of ASL, Deaf Culture, Deaf History, and the Deaf Community. We will focus on the instruction and development of vocabulary, grammar, fingerspelling, basic classifiers, and overall sign production. Projects, presentations, a plethora of skill-building activities, exercises, and games as well as interactive communication, will be used to enhance and enrich developing expressive and receptive skills in the target language. Throughout the course, students will be able to continue performing the tasks of the novice language learner, such as understanding signed phrases, producing learned signs, phrases sentences, and stories & understanding the importance of grammar, culture, & communication in ASL.