7 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.
Introduces American Sign Language, the visual-gestural language of the deaf. Incorporates nonverbal communication techniques, basic vocabulary, grammar principles and conversational skills. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE World Languages. No prerequisite. Offered on: A-E-G / 3 cr. hrs.
Expands skills in American Sign Language. Emphasis placed on expressive and receptive conversational skills including vocabulary expansion, deaf idioms and creative use of visual vernacular. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE World Languages.
Further development of manual fluency in American Sign Language. Stress placed on conversational regulators, facilitating behaviors, morphological process, subtle non-manual cues, sign fluidity and casual vs. citation sign formations. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE World Languages. (offered fall semester only) (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. laboratory) Prerequisite: ASL105. Offered on: A / 4 cr. hrs
Introduces manual representation of words of a spoken language. Emphasis on development of hand configuration, basic word patterns, rhythm and fluidity. Additional focus placed on fingerspelled loan signs. (offered fall semester only)
Integrates well-developed American Sign Language communicative skills with interactive opportunities within the community of language users, i.e., the deaf community. Emphasis on cultural aspects inherent in the language: literature, values and attitudes, regional and social variations. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE World Languages. (offered spring semester only) (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. laboratory) Prerequisite: ASL201. Offered on: A / 4 cr. hrs. .
Source: Suffolk County Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
