Deaf Studies, AAS [DS-AAS, 60 Total Credits]

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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.

STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES

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 (25 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

MATH 120 - Fundamentals of College Mathematics or above (except MATH 122 and MATH 123)

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)

AST 103 - Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System or above
or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors or above
or CHEM 103 - Preparatory Chemistry or above
or EGG 131 - Technical Physics I
or EGG 132 - Technical Physics II
or ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science or above
or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
or GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Laboratory
or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
or GEOL 100 - Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Natural Disasters or above
or HHP 123 - Introduction to the Human Body
or HHP 124 - Introduction to the Human Body Computer Lab
or PHYS 110 - Conceptual Physics or above

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)

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Special Program Requirements (35 Credits)

AM 145 - American Sign Language I
and AM 146 - American Sign Language II
and AM 147 - American Sign Language III
and AM 148 - American Sign Language IV
and AM 149 - American Sign Language V
and AM 151 - Fingerspelling I
and AM 152 - Fingerspelling II
and AM 156 - A Survey of Deafness
and AM 253 - Deaf Culture
and AM 254 - Deaf History
and AM 255 - Structure of American Sign Language
and AM 257 - ASL/English Translation