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  • ASL 3400: ASL Visual-Spatial Production

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Studies the use of visual space in ASL productions and how to visualize and describe spatial relationships using ASL. Emphasizes skills necessary to describe space from different angles and point of views, focusing on areas typically difficult for English speakers. Provides extensive instruction and opportunity for students to improve both comprehension and production. Taught in ASL.Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • ASL 3410: American Sign Language Linguistics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Introduces the linguistic study of ASL, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse structure. Emphasizes grammatical structures of ASL, including sign formation, pronominalization, identification and analysis of subjects and objects, classifiers, depicting verbs, pluralization, time concepts, and social interaction of language and culture within Deaf communities. Taught in ASL.
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  • ASL 3510: History of Deaf People to 1817

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 2020G or equivalent knowledge and University Advanced Standing. Explores chronologically to 1817 the formation and treatment of the Deaf community and culture. Emphasizes the rise of deaf education in a European setting and on the links to American Deaf education. Examines perceptions of deaf people and language across this period. Taught in ASL.
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  • ASL 3520: History of Deaf People after 1817

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 2020G or equivalent and University Advanced Standing. Explores the evolution and treatment of the Deaf community and culture emphasizing activities in the United States chronologically from 1817 onward. Emphasizes the rise of oralism, the development of deaf residential schools, the emergence of American Deaf culture and the recognition of ASL as a true language. Taught in ASL..
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  • ASL 3530: Modern Deaf Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (ASL 2020G or department approval) and University Advanced Standing. Explores the culture of the American Deaf people following the recognition of American Sign Language as a legitimate, naturally-occurring sign language. Examines constructions of Deaf people as a linguistic minority whose mores, beliefs, values and traditions emanate from a shared worldview that differs markedly from the view usually ascribed to them by others. Taught in ASL with a writing component.
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  • ASL 3610: ASL Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Explores the dynamics of ASL literature and its traditions by studying various genres and ASL storytellers. Uses the similarities and differences in the development of traditional oral literature in other cultures to ASL literature as a tool in discussions and critiques. Covers general narratives and the unique aspects and techniques of telling stories in sign language. Teaches how to critique and to produce ASL literature. Taught in ASL. May be delivered hybrid and/or online.
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  • ASL 3710: Deaf Visual Arts

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and (ASL 3510 or 3520 or 3530) and University Advanced Standing. Explores the role of visual arts in the Deaf-World with particular attention to Deaf/View Image Art (De'VIA), whose subject matter and style represent a Deaf worldview and cinema (including popular culture). Examines the historical and current contributions of Deaf artists, actors, and filmmakers. Takes as a reference other art movements stemming from oppression. Studies aims, motivations, and challenges portrayed in various art pieces and cinematic works. Taught in ASL.. May be delivered hybrid.
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  • ASL 3750: Deaf Cinema

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Examines the critical role film plays in Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Uses film as a background to critically think about and address key issues that Deaf people encounter in society. Studies various lenses of Deaf themes and Deaf characters in movies, as well as how Deaf people have been involved with creating movies throughout history and contrasts this with the ways film has been a mold for the ideology and identity of Deaf people. Introduces concepts of film composition and critiquing tools. Taught in ASL.. May be delivered hybrid.
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  • ASL 3850G: Audism/Linguicism/Oppression

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): [ASL 3050 and (ASL 3510 or ASL 3520 or ASL 3530) or department approval] and University Advanced Standing. Examines oppression in various forms through a comparative study spanning across cultures and communities. Examines the parallels between widely-understood forms of oppression and those specific to the Deaf-World. Fulfills Global/Intercultural graduation requirement.
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  • ASL 3870G: Disability/Audism/Oppression

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 3050 AND (ASL 3510 OR ASL 3520 OR ASL 3530) and University Advanced Standing. Surveys disability, audism, and oppression in various forms through a comparative study spanning across philosophies, religions, cultures, and communities. Examines parallels between widely-understood forms of oppression and those specific to the Deaf-World. Introduces the field of disability studies and shows where Deaf people exist within this field. Explores historical, social, political, religious, philosophical, and cultural influences that construct categories of disability and deafness. Examines the complex relation between Deaf and disability rights as well as how Deaf persons and persons with disabilities construct their own meanings and identities. Course taught in ASL. Fulfills Global Intercultural graduation requirement.Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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