6 courses with the subject ASL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ASL 1000American Sign Language (ASL) for Beginners I3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course introduces American Sign Language (ASL), a method of visual communication used by deaf people in the United States and Canada. Students learn visual readiness skills to recognize and express spatial relationships and to use appropriate non-manual signals, such as facial expressions and body movements. Cultural dynamics of the deaf/Deaf community are addressed.
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other Spring in odd numbered years. Utilizing a multi-disciplinary perspective to emphasize issues and values impacting the American and International Deaf Communities, topics covered include: causes of hearing loss, speech and hearing process, manual sign systems, professions in the field of D/deafness, current events in the Deaf community, aspects of deaf communication, technology and its impact on communication, educational philosophies, and history of the Deaf in the United States and globally. Cross-listed with SOC 1050
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
ASL 1100American Sign Language (ASL) for Beginners II3
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course emphasizes visual readiness skills and conversational skills by utilizing grammatical principles, language functions, and cultural behaviors. Students explore the functions of language and identify cultural behaviors characteristic of deaf people. Students increase their fluency in American Sign Language, learning to describe behavior,make requests, and give directions.
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course focuses on further development of visual-spatial orientation and manipulations skills, sign vocabulary, and complex sentence structures. Students continue learning strategies for opening,sustaining, and closing general conversations. The course concentrates on developing the abilities to question, narrate, and give increasingly detailed descriptions of activities, interactions, plans, and directions. Students learn how to communicate in a culturally appropriate way.
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course emphasizes further development of visual/spatial orientation, vocabulary, complex sentence structures and conversational skills. Through in-class assignments and interactions with the Deaf community, students demonstrate complex conversational receptive and expressive skills. Students learn to analyze and discuss current events in the Deaf community using ASL. The course also covers ASL to voice, and voice to ASL, introduction to translating.
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other Spring in even numbered years. This course provides a historical and contemporary perspective of Deaf Culture using a socio-cultural model. Students examine Deaf Culture and make comparisons and contrasts with other cultures. Topics include communication, language, cultural identity and values, group norms, traditions and the world view of deaf people. Cross-listed with SOC 2350
Subject
ASL
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
