I. General Information
1. Course Title:
American Sign Language III
2. Course Prefix & Number:
AMSL 2410
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
In this level 3 course, you will engage in receptive and expressive language readiness activities as well as continuing to learn vocabulary, basic use of ASL grammatical structure and signing space, conversational regulators, fingerspelling and introductory aspects. Students will learn to describe placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. In depth practice with multiple meaning words in ASL and basic aspects of Deaf Culture will also be integrated throughout the course.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
AMSL 2410 - American Sign Language III
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| AMSL 1410 | American Sign Language I | 4 cr. |
| AMSL 1412 | American Sign Language II | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
AMSL 2410 - American Sign Language III
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
St. Paul College |
ASLS 1413 ASL 3 |
3 |
|
St. Catherine University |
ASL 2110 Intermediate ASL 1 |
4 |
|
University of Minnesota – Duluth |
ASL 3003 Intermediate ASL 1 |
3 |
|
University of Minnesota |
ASL 3703 ASL 3 |
5 |
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Deaf Studies |
Certificate |
|
Child Development/ASL |
AAS |
MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Expressively describe placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. Receptively understand description of placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Identify common characteristics associated with Deaf Culture |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Describe and analyze political, economic and cultural elements which influence relations of societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions. |
8 |
|
Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, and linguistic differences. |
8 |
|
Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future. |
8 |
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- LOCATING THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE
- LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
- Give Reasons
- Make Requests
- Asking where
- Giving locations
- Correcting and confirming information
- GRAMMAR:
- Topic-Comment Structure
- Dominant and non-dominant hand positions
- Locative classifiers
- Yes/No questions
- Wh-Word questions
- Ordinal numbers 1-1,000
- COMPLAINING, MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND REQUESTS
- LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
- Complaints
- Suggestions
- Requests
- Asking for permission
- Expressing concern
- Agreeing/declining
- Asking for clarification
- GRAMMAR:
- Recurring time signs
- Continuous time signs
- Temporal Aspect- recurring, continuous
- Inflecting verbs
- Role shifting
- Conditional sentences
- Clock numbers
- MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
American Sign Language III
2. Course Prefix & Number:
AMSL 2410
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
In this level 3 course, you will engage in receptive and expressive language readiness activities as well as continuing to learn vocabulary, basic use of ASL grammatical structure and signing space, conversational regulators, fingerspelling and introductory aspects. Students will learn to describe placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. In depth practice with multiple meaning words in ASL and basic aspects of Deaf Culture will also be integrated throughout the course.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
AMSL 2410 - American Sign Language III
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| AMSL 1410 | American Sign Language I | 4 cr. |
| AMSL 1412 | American Sign Language II | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
AMSL 2410 - American Sign Language III
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
St. Paul College |
ASLS 1413 ASL 3 |
3 |
|
St. Catherine University |
ASL 2110 Intermediate ASL 1 |
4 |
|
University of Minnesota – Duluth |
ASL 3003 Intermediate ASL 1 |
3 |
|
University of Minnesota |
ASL 3703 ASL 3 |
5 |
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Deaf Studies |
Certificate |
|
Child Development/ASL |
AAS |
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Expressively describe placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. Receptively understand description of placement and give directions, make requests, complaints and suggestions, ask for permission and clarification, tell about life events, nationalities and family history. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Identify common characteristics associated with Deaf Culture |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Describe and analyze political, economic and cultural elements which influence relations of societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions. |
8 |
|
Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, and linguistic differences. |
8 |
|
Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future. |
8 |
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- LOCATING THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE
- LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
- Give Reasons
- Make Requests
- Asking where
- Giving locations
- Correcting and confirming information
- GRAMMAR:
- Topic-Comment Structure
- Dominant and non-dominant hand positions
- Locative classifiers
- Yes/No questions
- Wh-Word questions
- Ordinal numbers 1-1,000
- COMPLAINING, MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND REQUESTS
- LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
- Complaints
- Suggestions
- Requests
- Asking for permission
- Expressing concern
- Agreeing/declining
- Asking for clarification
- GRAMMAR:
- Recurring time signs
- Continuous time signs
- Temporal Aspect- recurring, continuous
- Inflecting verbs
- Role shifting
- Conditional sentences
- Clock numbers
- MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS