2024-2025 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Sep 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook

American Sign Language Certificate


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Certificate: 30 Hours

The American Sign Language (ASL) Certificate Program provides students with a deeper understanding of ASL, fostering proficiency in both expressive and receptive skills. The program prepares students across disciplines with the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate with and interact professionally with users of the language.  This program allows students to gain knowledge and skills to better prepare them for interactions in professional career settings and provide vital language skills for evolving work environments.

Students will learn the fundamentals of ASL, receptive and expressive skills, societal competence, conversational skills, and technical vocabulary necessary for working with and interacting with users of the language. Career fields served by this program include early childhood, special education, mental health, gerontology, behavioral health support, business, fine arts, deaf studies, and allied health.

General Education Requirements - 6 Credit Hours


Choose one COM course and one ENG course.

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