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    Apr 04, 2025  
2025-2026_College Catalog

ASL 215 - American Sign Language Literature: Narratives


Credits: 3
Lecture: Three lecture.
This course is a continuation of the major grammatical features of American Sign Language (ASL) to develop communicative and interactive competencies in the culture and language of the Deaf. Includes a focus on ASL literature by introducing students to ASL storytelling techniques, film analysis, story analysis, and its techniques. Also includes ASL narratives, classifiers and perspectives.

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. manage more complicated interactions using expanded American Sign Language (ASL) grammatical structures;
  2. demonstrate and be able to use Classifiers in a signed story;
  3. and develop analysis, receptive, and expressive skills in American Sign Language storytelling.    


Prerequisite(s): ASL 200  and ASL 202  with a grade of C or better, or consent of Instructor.