Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of American Sign Language Linguistics and Deaf Cultures program should be able to demonstrate the following:

For the B.A. in ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures:

To understand how to use American Sign Language in culturally appropriate ways;
To be able to interpret language variations in terms of their cultural contexts;
To be able to apply linguistic science to compare, identify parts and relationships of all languages, spoken and signed;
To be able to critically judge and assess the quality of current ways of thinking about language and culture on local and global scales;
To create new local and global understandings of deaf languages and cultures through assessments of current knowledge and own research.

For the B.A. in ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures: Option in Interpreting:

To understand how to use American Sign Language and English in culturally appropriate ways;
To be able to interpret language variations in terms of their cultural contexts and begin translating between ASL and English;
To be able to apply linguistic science to compare, identify parts and relationships of all languages, spoken and signed;
To be able to apply knowledge and theory of interpreting, and acquire the ability to consecutively interpret between ASL and English;
To be able to critically judge and assess the quality of current ways of thinking about language and culture on local and global scales;
Be able to critically judge and assess an interpreting situation and simultaneously interpret between ASL and English;
To create new local and global understandings of d/Deaf languages and cultures through assessments of current knowledge and own research.

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