Description: This is a beginning course in American Sign Language (ASL). It will include extensive study of receptive and expressive use of ASL, as well as an introductory discussion of Deaf culture. Course content covers basic principles in the use of sign, sign vocabulary, and aspects of the grammar of ASL. In addition to class sessions, students will use written materials and other media outside of class. This course has a community interaction requirement of four hours over the semester. Offered fall and spring. Cr 4.

Description: This is the second beginning course in American Sign Language (ASL). This course has a community interaction requirement of nine hours over the semester. Prerequisite: ASL 101 or departmental permission. Offered spring. Cr 4.

Description: Students will participate in a one-hour weekly language table where they will practice conversational skills in a group. Students of all levels are welcome. This course is taken as pass/fail and may be repeated for credit. Cr 0.5.

Description: Continuation of ASL 201. This course has a community interaction requirement of 19 hours over the semester. Toward the end of the course, every student will take the ASLA, an external assessment of ASL skills. Prerequisite: ASL 201 or departmental permission. Offered spring. Cr 4.

Description: Continuation of ASL 401. This course has a community interaction requirement of 29 hours over the semester. Prerequisites: grade of C or higher in ASL 401, and score of 2 or better on the ASLA or ASLPI, or departmental permission. Offered spring. Cr 4.

Description: This course focuses on advanced aspects of ASL grammar including complex co-reference, the scope of non-manual grammatical markers, quantification, complex classifier choice, verbs of motion and location, and complex aspectual marking and agreement. Students receive diagnostic feedback throughout the course and are given specific remedial studies to pursue independently. Emphasis is on the production and comprehension of academic ASL. Prerequisites: ASL 401, score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, LIN 105, and LIN 185; or permission of instructor (for students with native-level competency in ASL). Offered spring. Cr 3.

Description: A descriptive survey of modern astronomy. Topics include theories about the origin and development of the universe, stellar evolution, the solar system, galaxies, observational methods and recent discoveries. Cr 3.

Description: This course includes exercises on the Moon's orbit, Earth's orbital motion, rotation of Saturn's rings, the Sun, the Crab Nebula, variable stars, pulsars, Hubble's law, and galaxies. Two planetarium sessions. Prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in AST 100. Cr 1.