American Sign Language

Program Goals

• To ensure that students can demonstrate an appropriate level of fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) for entry-level interpreting.
• To prepare students to convey accurately a spoken English message into ASL and a signed message from ASL to English.
• To instruct students in the roles, responsibilities and function of a professional interpreter as well as the Code of Professional Conduct (CPC), set forth by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and to ensure that students are able to apply that knowledge to varied interpreting situations.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

At the end of the program, the graduate will be able to:

1. Use American Sign Language fluently and express knowledge of ASL Linguistics.
2. Describe the common practices, perspectives, and behavior patterns of Deaf people and members of the Deaf Community in the Deaf Culture.
3. Generalize on the ongoing need to participate in deaf- related events and activities and with members of the Deaf Community.