ASL 1100 - Survey of American Sign Language and Deaf History

(SCD-AS) (D-AG)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

L. Sunde.

This course provides origins and historical perspectives on sign language, basics of sign language linguistics, the communication debate between manualism vs. oralism, Deaf education and the establishment and growth of Deaf communities. Students will acquire basic vocabulary and grammar through interactive activities in development of basic conversational skills in ASL.