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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

American Sign Language (ASL) and American Deaf Culture Minor

Students will focus on acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) and American Deaf Cultures in order to gain linguistic and cultural competence in community interactions.

Requirements

Lower Division (18 units)

Take the following course:

ASLD 124 - American Deaf Cultures (3 units)
Take one of the following courses:
ANTH 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units)
LING 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units)

Take three of the following courses:

ASLD 101 - American Sign Language 1 (4 units)
ASLD 102 - American Sign Language 2 (4 units)
ASLD 201 - American Sign Language 3 (4 units)
ASLD 202 - American Sign Language 4 (4 units)

Upper Division (6-7 units)

Take the following course:

ASLD 424 - Global Deaf Cultures and Languages (3 units)

Take one of the following:

ASLD 305 - ASL Literature and Poetry (4 units)
ASLD 306 - American Sign Language Linguistics (3 units)
ASLD 324 - Critical Deaf and Disability Studies (3 units)
ASLD 456 - Sign Language Sociolinguistics (3 units)
ASLD 490 - Special Topics in ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures (1-6 units)
ASLD 499 - Directed Study in ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures (1-6 units)
LING 423 - Semantics (3 units)
LING 470 - Language and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 units)
LING 472 - Language and Social Justice (3 units)
LING 477 - Language Socialization (3 units)