American Sign Language Minor (18 hours)

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The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a minor in American Sign Language (ASL). This program is for students in various disciplines across campus who are interested in learning and using ASL. The minor is intended to teach students the fundamentals of ASL as well as enrich students’ knowledge of the Deaf and Deaf Culture.

A minimum of 18 credit hours is required.

Lower Division Courses (9 hours required):

AMSL 1020 - American Sign Language II Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 2010 - American Sign Language III Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 2020 - American Sign Language IV Credit Hours: (3)

Upper Division Courses (9 hours)

Required Course:

AMSL 4206 - Deaf Culture and Deaf History Credit Hours: (3)

Choose any two of the following courses:

AMSL 3010 - American Sign Language V Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 3020 - Advanced Fingerspelling Credit Hours: (3)
AUSP 4106 - Introduction to Audiology Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 4205 - Cultural Sensitivity for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Healthcare Settings Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 4207 - Psychological, Sociological, and Educational Perspectives of Deafness Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 4208 - Introduction to Interpreting ASL Credit Hours: (3)
AMSL 4209 - ASL Linguistics Credit Hours: (3)

Choose One:

Only one of the following upper division options can qualify for an upper division course

PSYC 3530 - Psychology of Language Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 3511 - Intro to Linguistics ** Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 3422 - Racial/Ethnc Minorities ** Credit Hours: (3)
COMM 4375 - Intercultural Communication ** Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3030 - Multicultural Psychology Credit Hours: (3)