INTRODUCTION TO SIGNED LANGUAGE SYSTEMS

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Prerequisite: Graduate-level standing. Fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL), Pidgin Signed English (PSE), and Signed Exact English (SEE), including basic grammatical features, language functions and fingerspelling. Provide students with receptive and expressive skills for ASL, PSE, and/or SEE communication with Deaf and Hard-of-hearing individuals. Additional content in Deafness, Deaf culture, and signed languages. Offered fall semester only.