MLL 435 - Fieldwork in American Sign Language Studies

Units: 3
Expands conversational skills in ASL by placing advanced Sign Language students in agencies and organizations serving the deaf community. Lecture Units: 1; Supervision Units: 2.

Prerequisites: MLL 335 and MLL 431.
Equivalent Quarter Course: MLL 3904.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

To enhance skills through practical application and identify cultural norms within the Bay Area Deaf community in conjunction with an increased awareness of civic responsibility and social justice while developing critical evaluation and problem solving skills.
Through signed assignments submitted through video students will demonstrate their improvement in ASL and through class discussions their improvement in critical oral communication.
Through the service-learning component students will build their confidence level in the Deaf community and better informed of the world in which they live, more ethically minded, and more globally oriented.