The American Sign Language certificate program provides students with fluency in working with deaf persons. The ASL certificate is a two-year program of study of a second language that prepares students to communicate at a paraprofessional level. The program satisfies the majority of lower division transfer course work by establishing ASL fluency for students planning to transfer to an ASL interpreting program or Deaf Studies program.

Program Learning Outcomes Program completers will demonstrate clear and precise expressive and receptive skills in Sign Language with appropriate grammatical accuracy and cultural awareness. Core Requirements Complete 20 units COM ST 007 Intercultural Communication 3 ENG 001A Reading and Composition 3 SL 001 Elementary American Sign Language 3 SL 002 Elementary American Sign Language 3 SL 003 Intermediate American Sign Language 3 SL 004 Intermediate American Sign Language 3 SL 071 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory 0.5-1 SL 072 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory 0.5-1 SL 073 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory 0.5-1 SL 074 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory 0.5-1 Minimum Units Required: 20 Complete all courses with a grade of "C" or better.