Eastern Florida State College

American Sign Language (ASL)

ASL 1140  American Sign Language 1  
Credit Hours:   4  

This course will teach basic conversational sign language skills. Students will use and understand basic sign and vocabulary used by the Deaf community, the history and culture of deafness in America, as well as the linguistic structure and visual, conceptual nature of American Sign Language. The fourth credit hour will be administered outside of regular class meeting time.

ASL 1150  American Sign Language 2  
Credit Hours:   4  
Prerequisites: ASL 1140 with a grade of "C" or higher  

This course is a continuation of American Sign Language 1, and sign vocabulary used by the Deaf community. Students will use and understand sign vocabulary used by the Deaf community, the history and culture of deafness in America, as well as the linguistic structure and visual, conceptual nature of American Sign Language. The development of intermediate expressive and receptive conversational sign language skills will be an important part of the class. The fourth credit hour will be administered outside of regular class meeting time.

ASL 2160  American Sign Language 3  
Credit Hours:   4  
Prerequisites: ASL 1150 with a grade of "C" or higher  

This course is designed to produce a fluent sign language user with high-level encoding (production), decoding (reception), and pragmatic skills (cultural rules for conversation) when signing dialogues and narratives. The fourth credit hour will be administered outside of regular class meeting time.

ASL 2200  American Sign Language 4  
Credit Hours:   4  
Prerequisites: SPA 2614 or ASL 2160 with a grade of "C" or higher  

This course will focus on refining and building on discourse skills such as making your point, handling culturally loaded topics and expanding the use of ASL in informal and formal settings.