American Sign Language
The American Sign Language Major provides students with a solid foundation in American Sign Language as well as core courses that cover deaf history, culture, literature and linguistics in a social justice framework.
The ASL major's two concentrations - American Sign Language/English Interpreting and Deaf Studies - prepare graduates for careers as interpreters, and for jobs in deaf education, counseling, social work, linguistics, and other related fields.
Learn more about the ASL ProgramAll students in the ASL major complete similar coursework in the first two years of the program. As part of the language courses, students engage in community-based projects where they can engage with Deaf/Hard of Hearing/DeafBlind people in authentic interactions.
Students concentrating in ASL/English interpreting go on to pursue intensive courses in interpreting, communication, ethics and research in the final two years. Interpreting concentration students complete an off-site practicum in their senior year.
Students in the Deaf Studies concentration pursue a major advocacy project as part of their Social Justice course.