ASL and Deaf Studies Minor

About the Program

This minor is designed to benefit students with a stronger communicative competency that can provide them valuable skills to interact comfortably with the Deaf communities, in a wide variety of situations.

These required courses provide students with opportunities to continue building upon the topics, vocabulary, and grammar learned in ASL 101-202 courses. The main goals are to recognize and demonstrate more sophisticated grammatical features of ASL with focus on increasing fluency and conceptual accuracy. Students also develop learning strategies for more complex ASL features that lead them to appreciate the academic fields, such as ASL literature, linguistics, and Deaf history.

Requirements for the Minor (15 credits)

• ASL 28000 - American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, And Society Credits: 3.00
• ASL 30100 - American Sign Language V Credits: 3.00
• ASL 30200 - American Sign Language Advanced-Level VI Credits: 3.00
• ASL 36100 - The Structure Of American Sign Language I: Phonology And Morphology Credits: 3.00
• ASL 36200 - The Structure Of American Sign Language II: Syntax, Semantics And Language Use Credits: 3.00

Notes

• Before undertaking this minor, the student must establish proficiency equivalent to ASL Level IV. Proficiency may be established by taking and passing ASL 20200  by examination, or by other evidence acceptable to the Department.
• 50% of credits for CLA minors must come from Purdue University.
• A minimum GPA of 2.67 (B- average) in the minor is required for the student to graduate with a minor in ASL.
• No courses can be completed by exam or departmental credit. Only one course (20200) can be completed by examination or through transfer credit.
• Our ASL Program has Study Abroad opportunities (between 3-6 credits) that may be taken in place of ASL 280 and/or ASL 302. Please contact the ASL Program Coordinator, Robin Shay (shayra@purdue.edu) for more information.

College of Liberal Arts Pass/No Pass Option Policy

• P/NP cannot be used to satisfy Liberal Arts Core, Liberal Arts major, minor, or certificate requirements.

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Pre-Requisite Information

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