American Sign Language
Blinn’s Associate of Arts in Foreign Language – American Sign Language is available online and on the Bryan Campus. This 60-credit hour associate degree program includes 14 hours of concentration in American Sign Language. Through the program, students gain understanding of deaf culture and American Sign Language grammatical structures in the United States. Students also learn to effectively utilize receptively and expressively skills in American Sign Language to communicate within the deaf community. The program focuses on communication through the study of deaf culture and ASL grammatical structures.
Degree Plan
Blinn's Associate of Arts in American Sign Language teaches you the language while also providing an understanding of deaf culture.
Associates of Arts in Foreign Language – American Sign Language
Foreign language classes at Blinn College can open a world of opportunities – literally.
Debbie Bartley, who has completed two semesters of Czech classes, said taking the course is a way to get in touch with her heritage.
“I’ve always wanted to learn,” Bartley said. “My maternal grandparents’ family is from the old country – Moravia – having immigrated in the mid- to late 1800s
American Sign Language is the dominant language of the deaf community in the United States and is used by 250,000-500,000 people nationwide.
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