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American Sign Language (AM)
Communications and Fine Arts Division
AM 145: American Sign Language I
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: none
Introduces ASL and focuses on the development of basic conversational skills, emphasizing receptive abilities.
AM 146: American Sign Language II
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 145
Continues to stress the development of basic conversational skills with emphasis on expanding vocabulary and expressive skills.
AM 147: American Sign Language III
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 146
Promotes the shifting from comprehension to production of ASL to bring one's current ASL fluency to a point of self generated ASL.
AM 148: American Sign Language IV
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 147
Encourages the student to expand his or her command of discourse in ASL on various everyday topics.
AM 149: American Sign Language V
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 148
Emphasizes conversational fluency in American Sign Language. Identification of discourse styles in ASL, which will lead to the ability to initial, maintain and conclude conversational interactions with various deaf language styles and/or preference.
AM 150: American Sign Language VI
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 149
Final course in the American Sign Language series, covering a culmination of all signs, pragmatics, grammar and fingerspelling skills acquired throughout the series. Emphasis is on utilizing all ASL skills simultaneously and fluently.
AM 151: Fingerspelling I
Units (Credits): 1; Prerequisites: none
Develops basic skills in receptive and expressive fingerspelling.
AM 152: Fingerspelling II
Units (Credits): 1; Prerequisites: AM 151 or current enrollment in AM 151
Improves receptive and expressive fingerspelling skills to intermediate/advanced levels.
AM 153: Deaf Culture
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: AM 145
Offers a study of people who are deafened. Includes clinical and audiological descriptions of deafness and its course.
AM 154: Deaf History
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none
Examines segments of the history of deaf people and the deaf community, as well as the deaf experience from a historical perspective.
AM 199: Special Topics in Sign Language
Units (Credits): 0.5–3; Prerequisites: none
Includes short courses and experimental classes covering a variety of subjects. May be repeated for up to six units. Note: Non-transferable for a NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.
AM 201: Interpreting I
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: AM 146
Exposes students to the profession of sign language interpretation, providing them with an opportunity to determine their interest in the field.
AM 202: Interpreting II
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: AM 201
Develops the student's receptive and expressive skills in interpreting. Includes a series of activities leading from consecutive interpretation to simultaneous interpretation skills.
AM 203: Interpreting III
Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: AM 202
Develops the student's receptive and expressive skills in interpreting for deaf individuals. Follows a sequenced series of consecutive interpretation to simultaneous interpretation skills.
AM 204: Practicum in Sign Language Interpreting
Units (Credits): 1; Prerequisites: AM 203
Offers advanced interpreting student exposure to and practical experience in sign language interpreting.
AM 215: Conversational ASL
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 147
Focuses on the natural use of American Sign Language. Appropriate use of ASL grammar and vocabulary in conversational situations is stressed. Students master appropriate pragmatics, use of facial expressions, space, fingerspelling and classifiers, simultaneously for conversational fluency. Note: Non-transferable for a NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.
AM 216: Receptive ASL
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: AM 147
Provides opportunities for students to develop receptive skills with a wide variety of signers. Receptive language of children, teens, adults with various socio-economic levels, and senior signers will be developed. Acquisition and comprehension of regional signs, "slang" signs, and generational signs will also be emphasized.