Elementary American Sign Language I

Students develop elementary ASL skills-receptive (listening) and expressive (speaking). American deaf culture and history introduced with an emphasis on making comparisons and connections to one's own culture. Instruction primarily in ASL. Not open to native users of ASL, or those with EM credit, or to students with 2 or more years of study in high school. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1101 or 1101.02.