AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 3
Intermediate-level communication skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Increase proficiency in production and comprehension of ASL vocabulary, grammar, and classifiers. Develop conversational abilities and continue to learn about the culture and history of Deaf communities.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: LINGUIS 352 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each content unit. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Comprehend content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify grammatical features within short dialogues in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors in ASL (i.e. attention-getting techniques, turn-taking signals, and others). Audience: Undergraduate 5. Comprehend short narratives and stories in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Initiate, conduct, and terminate a short content-specific conversation. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and their history. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each content unit. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Comprehend content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify grammatical features within short dialogues in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors in ASL (i.e. attention-getting techniques, turn-taking signals, and others). Audience: Undergraduate 5. Comprehend short narratives and stories in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Initiate, conduct, and terminate a short content-specific conversation. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and their history. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027