ASL 2250 - Advanced American Sign Language

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course provides students with opportunities to expand expressive and receptive use of ASL, including a variety of special topics at an advanced level. Special emphasis is on increasing spatial use, ASL fluency and nonmanual behaviors. Students are given opportunities to increase expressive and receptive skills through activities and class discussions, including a variety of special topics at an advanced level. Special emphasis is on understanding the importance of spatialization, nonmanual grammar and morphology, and discourse features of ASL such as register and academic language use.
Prerequisite(s): Sign Language Proficiency Interview rating of Intermediate Plus, or ASL 2242 with a grade of C or better, or permission of ITP Academic Advisor.