SILA 315 - American Sign Language 3

    Recent Professors
    m. l.
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    SILA 306 with a grade of "C" or better
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of SILA 315
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUIGETC Area 6A · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course is third level of ASL courses. This course is designed for students who have completed SILA 306 or two years of high school ASL study. It emphasizes expressive and receptive visual language acquisition. It provides an understanding of deaf cultural processes by identifying behaviors and norms from activities assigned in the class. It also includes dialogs that involve asking, empathizing, negotiating and agreeing or disagreeing. Moreover, this course covers the language and cultural relationship to onomatopoeia. The deaf perspectives of U.S. and Canada history will be examined. Audism-free will be emphasized to appreciate and respect the struggles of Deaf people in its relationship to White Western colonialism.