2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook
Deaf Studies, AAS
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CODE: DS-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
This degree is not intended for transfer to UNLV, UNR, or NSU. Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to. Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.
ACADEMIC MAP: Map: CSN AAS Deaf Studies
SCHOOL: School of Arts & Letters
DESCRIPTION
The Deaf Studies program prepares students to work in a variety of situations with the deaf community. Students will obtain a strong understanding, receptively and expressively, of American Sign Language, deaf culture and history.
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- If you are on academic warning, probation or suspension, or financial aid warning or suspension, please see an Academic Counselor by visiting Counseling and Retention Services.
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Student Learning Outcomes
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Acquire ASL vocabulary relevant to day-to-day discourse, academic topics, medical issues, financial issues, familial issues, political issues, and recreational activities. -
Acquire vocabulary relevant to figurative language in ASL. -
Exhibit an ability to conduct spontaneous discourse with native and near native ASL users. -
Exhibit an ability to apply ASL classifiers relevant to situations and rules of usage. -
Exhibit an ability to explain the basic grammar rules of ASL relating to questions, clauses, and non-manual signals. -
Exhibit an ability to apply their skills and knowledge in non-rehearsed situations. General Education Requirements
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 25
300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements. Mathematics (3 Credits)
NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits. English Composition (3-5 Credits)
NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits. Communications (3-5 Credits)
Human Relations (3 Credits)
Natural Science (6 Credits)
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)
- any AM prefix course
- or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
- or any ART prefix course
- or any COM prefix course
- or any ECON prefix course
- or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
- or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
- or any HIST prefix course
- or any MUS prefix course (MUS 100)
- or any PHIL prefix course
- or any PSC prefix course
- or any PSY prefix course
- or any SOC prefix course
- or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
- or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
- or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)
U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)
Major Requirements
TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 35
Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements. |
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