AM 145 - American Sign Language I

Please note: Students MUST earn a C- or better in this course for completion of the AAS or BAS Deaf Studies.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Achieve receptive mastery of targeted, context specific commands, questions and statements by producing samples in ASL and English.
2. Observe short dialogues in ASL; evaluate and demonstrate an understanding of the material presented.
3. Recognize and express a targeted set of ASL vocabulary items.
4. Demonstrate the use of conversation regulating behaviors in ASL dialogues.
5. Recall and re-formulate short narratives, stories, etc., provided in ASL.
6. Initiate, conduct, and terminate short context-specific conversations in ASL.