ASL 120 - Introduction to Deaf Studies

    Recent Professors
    harazi@riohondo.edu, elayala@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
    Class Size
    32 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ASL 101
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ASL 120
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course introduces students to the basic information of the American Deaf experience in the United States: Deaf community/culture and American Sign Language. This course exposes students to the history, contributions and contemporary lives of Deaf people in America. This course is interdisciplinary in that it introduces a range of issues that are developed in the purview of Deaf Studies — linguistics, education, sociology, psychology and other fields. This course will be taught using a combination of ASL and spoken English and may or may not have interpreters facilitating the lectures depending on the instructor.