Cuesta College

193A ASL DAILY CONVERSATION (2.0)
(Formerly ASL 93A)
2.0 hours lecture per week
Associate Degree Applicable
Repeatable 3 times.

215A BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (3.0)
(Formerly ASL 15A)
3.0 hours lecture per week
Associate Degree Applicable
Introduces expressive and receptive skills used in American Sign Language (ASL) through vocabulary development, grammar, non-manual behaviors, and finger spelling. Provides exposure to Deaf Culture by reviewing
the history of ASL, dynamics of the Deaf Community, varieties of manual communication, Deaf President Now protest, and cultural customs of communication.
Transfer: CSU; UC.

215B AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II (3.0)
(Formerly ASL 15B)
3.0 hours lecture per week
Associate Degree ApplicablePrerequisite: ASL 215A with a grade of C or better
Presents a continuation of SL 15A with a functional-notional approach to language acquisition; expands expressive and receptive skills through vocabulary development, grammar, non-manual behaviors and fingerspelling.  Continues exposure to Deaf Culture through awareness of cross-cultural communications; history of the Deaf in America and customs of the Deaf community.
Transfer: CSU; UC.

215C AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III (3.0)
(Formerly ASL 15C)
3.0 hours lecture per week
Associate Degree Applicable
Prerequisite: ASL 215B with a grade of C or better or equivalent
Continues skills presented in SL 15B. Emphasizes fluency in communicating with the deaf as practiced in a variety of situational contexts. Explores creative uses of American Sign Language.
Transfer: CSU; UC.

215D AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IV (3.0)
(Formerly ASL 15D)
3.0 hours lecture per week
Associate Degree Applicable
Prerequisite: ASL 215C with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent
Presents a functional-notional approach to language acquisition, emphasizing an increased fluency in expressive and receptive skills through vocabulary development, grammar, non-manual behaviors, fingerspelling and contact with the Deaf community. Story-telling skills, creative uses of ASL, exposure to Deaf Culture through awareness of cross-cultural communications; knowledge of the history of the Deaf in America and customs of the Deaf community are expanded.
Transfer: CSU, UC.

247 INDEPENDENT STUDIES: AMERICAN SIGN
LANGUAGE (2.0 to 0.5)
(Formerly ASL 47)
6.0 hours laboratory per week
Associate Degree Applicable
Prerequisite: The student must have completed preparatory course work in the field
in which the study is to be undertaken
Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of American Sign Language under the direction of an instructor.
Repeatable 3 times.