Bachelor's Degree in American Sign Language

Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major: American Sign Language
Concentration: Advocacy
Hours: 120

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ASL - Advocacy Overview

17�Թ�'s Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language with a concentration in advocacy prepares students to work in the deaf community. ASL is a language that brings everyone together, and you will get to learn from experts every day. Each student must complete a required departmental core of courses. In addition, each student will complete the pedagogy courses required for licensure.

All students must also satisfy provisions of the Texas Success Initiative program. College readiness courses do not count in the GPA (except for determining full-time status and issues related to probation and suspension) and do not count toward graduation.

The 17�Թ� Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is an accredited member of the . Lamar presents ASL as a culture- and community-based language that interacts with other world languages. Our program techniques include immersion and bilingual-bicultural comparison classes, community interaction, research, lab activities and use of digital video technology.

ASL - Advocacy Courses You May Take

ASL I: This course is an introduction to the basic skills in production and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL). It includes the manual alphabet and numbers, vocabulary, grammar, sentence structures, conversational strategies, and cultural/language notes. This course will assist the student in developing conversational ability; culturally appropriate behaviors and exposes students to ASL grammar.

Introduction to Deaf Studies: Historical and current trends about the American Deaf community, their culture, and the education of deaf youth.

ASL Structure: A study of the basics of ASL linguistics including phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics.

Linguistics of Fingerspelling: The study of manual performance development of number concepts in American Sign Language used in the Deaf Community.

ASL Literature: A survey of Deaf Cultural themes as expressed in short stories, poetry, drama, humor, and the visual arts will be addressed.

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Career Paths for ASL - Advocacy

Through this program, you will gain documented proficiency in ASL, validity within the deaf community and networking opportunities within the professional community. Upon graduation, you will be prepared for a career as an ASL interpreter, advocate or educator.