Jul 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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ASL 1101 - American Sign Language and Culture I


Credits: 4

Catalog Description
This is an overview of American Sign Language (ASL), its basic vocabulary, structure, syntax, and grammar. Students will focus on mastering the basics of fingerspelling, numbers, colors, facial grammar, and sentence structure; students will also learn conversational/cultural behaviors necessary to hold a beginning-level conversation in ASL, with deaf/hard-of-hearing native users of the language. Introductory information about Deaf culture will also be presented, along with Deaf humor, to provide students with a broad picture of language and culture.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 08: Global Perspective



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