American Sign Language (ASL Courses)
ASL 120 American Sign Language 1
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introductory course in American Sign Language (ASL) which presents basic sign vocabulary
and grammar, the manual alphabet and topics related to signing and deafness.
ASL 121 American Sign Language 2
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ASL 120 - American Sign Language 1
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A continuation of American Sign Language (ASL) 120, emphasizing receptive and expressive
skills, aspects of ASL grammar, vocabulary, literature, subcultures within the deaf
community and the various education regimes for deaf children in the United States.
ASL 124 American Sign Language 3
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ASL 121 - American Sign Language 2
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Continuing development of skills learned in American Sign Language (ASL) 121 emphasizing
ASL grammar, vocabulary and idiomatic constructions. Provides an opportunity for further
development of conversational techniques, focusing on expressive and receptive skills.
Deaf cultural issues, non-manual markers, advanced classifiers, and numbering systems
will be explored.
ASL 126 American Sign Language 4
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ASL 124 - American Sign Language 3
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This advanced course expands functions and syntax from ASL 124 and focuses on developing
students' communicative competency in American Sign Language. Higher level vocabulary
and grammatical patterns, including classifiers and the use of spatial location, are
explored with a focus on productive skills. Deaf culture, behavior, and norms are
also studied as they relate to advanced signing skills.
ASL 130 Conversational American Sign Language
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ASL 120 - American Sign Language 1
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Designed to improve conversational skills in American Sign Language by increasing
vocabularies and perfecting grammatical structures. Emphasis is on improving expressive
and receptive skills.
ASL 138 Deaf History
3.0 units.
Advisories: ENGL 514 - Writing Skills 4 and/or; Eligibility for ENGL 101.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A culturally diverse exploration of the deaf from Aristotle to the present. Focus
is on the ideas, events and laws that have shaped the community as viewed through
literature, folklore, art, and philosophy. Interrelationship of societies is emphasized.
This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for
History 138.
ASL 189 Independent Projects
1.0 - 3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Courses for students capable of independent work who demonstrate the need or desire
for additional study beyond the regular curriculum. Enrollment allows students to
pursue activities such as directed field experience, research, or development of skills
and competencies under faculty advisement and supervision. Independent projects may
be earned in most disciplines. Students wishing to enroll in Independent Projects
should contact the appropriate instructor identified in the class schedule. If the
project proposed is acceptable to that instructor, a contract will be developed. All
contracts for these classes must be completed and submitted to the Records Office
no later than the end of the second week of the semester. Students may enroll for
any combination (unit value) of Independent Projects 189 and/or 389 for a total of
four semesters in a specific discipline. Units are awarded depending upon satisfactory
performance and the amount of time committed by the student to the course. Allowable
units vary according to discipline, and are based on the following formula: 1 unit
- 48 hours per semester 2 units - 96 hours per semester 3 units - 144 hours per semester