Italicized course numbers and titles denote Workforce Education Program courses. Beginning I Introduction to American Sign Language, Deaf culture, and to a brief history of sign and culture. Includes development of expressive and receptive sign skills, together with the learning of numbers, sign vocabulary, and the manual alphabet.
Class is conducted primarily without voice.
4 credit hours. Beginning II Study of sign vocabulary, numbers, fingerspelling, and Deaf culture. Emphasizes further development of receptive skills, expressive skills, application of rudimentary syntactical and grammatical structures, and an understanding of Deaf and Hearing cultures. Class is conducted primarily without voice. SGNL 1401 or IPPD 1404, or credit by exam.