ASL 210 - American Sign Language 3

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.

Build on skills learned in American Sign Language 2, adding more complex ASL grammatical features and vocabulary, short stories, narratives and dialogues. Learn discourse skills including description of general surroundings, appropriate sequencing, temporal aspects and conditionals. Learn about the deaf community and deaf culture.

Prerequisite(s): ASL 112 with a grade of C or better or permission of department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Communicate in conversations using intermediate ASL skills, vocabulary, grammar, and non-manual signals to engage in common interactions with Deaf people.
Integrate communication strategies to confirm, correct, agree, disagree, complain, express concerns, make suggestions and requests, and identify and describe objects.
Apply language-learning skills to interact in the Deaf community.
Demonstrate respect for and understanding of Deaf people and ASL, with an appreciation for their linguistic and cultural diversity.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Deaf communities.