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American Sign Language Chair: Richard Hurtig
Professor: Richard Hurtig
Associate professor: Douglas Baynton
Adjunct instructors: Kelly Neppl, Tim Sheets
Lecturers: Freeman Harper, AmyRuth McGraw, Shannon Marsh, Kimela Nelson
Language coordinator: Kimela Nelson
Undergraduate nondegree program: Certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~asliowa The American Sign Language Program offers a four-semester course sequence in American Sign Language (ASL), an undergraduate certificate, and courses for teacher licensure. Classroom instruction is supplemented by video materials and interactive software in the Language Media Center. Undergraduate Program The program offers the Certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. Students may use the American Sign Language sequence 158:011, 158:012, 158:013, and 158:014 to complete the foreign language component of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program. Certificate The Certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies requires 34 s.h. The interdisciplinary program teaches students about the history, culture, and language of the American deaf community. Through the study of American Sign Language, students come into contact with a language that is semantically and grammatically very different from their own and that operates in a different sensory channel as well. Students who undertake the program encounter a rich and complex culture, including a rapidly growing literature recorded on film and videotape since the early 20th century. The certificate program permits students to link study in three or more disciplines into an organized investigation of a language and culture. The Certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies serves as a valuable confirmation for employers and graduate schools of a student's specialized knowledge in the field. Any undergraduate student pursuing a degree from The University of Iowa may earn the certificate. Holders of University of Iowa bachelor's degrees who are not enrolled in graduate or professional programs may return to complete the certificate requirements. Certificate courses also may be used to satisfy major or minor requirements, but they may not be used to satisfy more than one certificate requirement. Courses used to satisfy certificate requirements may not be taken pass/nonpass. Up to 6 s.h. of transfer work may be accepted toward certificate requirements, with the approval of the American Sign Language and deaf studies advisor. REQUIRED COURSES The Certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies requires completion of the sequence 158:011, 158:012, 158:013, and 158:014, or demonstration of equivalent proficiency, and a minimum of 18 s.h. of approved courses from at least three different departments. At least 6 s.h. must be chosen from the following core courses.
| 158:101 Topics in Deaf Studies |
3 s.h. |
| 158:102 American Deaf Culture |
3 s.h. |
| 158:103 American Sign Language Literature |
3 s.h. |
| 158:104 Issues in ASL and Deaf Studies |
3 s.h. |
| 158:106 Introduction to ASL Interpreting |
3 s.h. |
| 158:111 American Sign Language Conversation |
3 s.h. |
Certificate students also complete at least four courses (12 s.h.) from two or more of the following departments. They may petition to have courses that are not listed below approved for certificate requirements. Anthropology
| 113:014 Language, Culture, and Communication |
3 s.h. |
Education
| 07U:100 Foundations of Special Education (requires admission to the Teacher Education Program) |
3 s.h. |
| 07U:133 The Culturally Different in Diverse Settings |
3 s.h. |
History
| 16A:106 Disability in American History |
3 s.h. |
Linguistics
| 103:011 Language and Society |
3 s.h. |
| 103:100 Introduction to Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
Speech Pathology and Audiology
| 003:117 Psychology of Language |
3 s.h. |
| 003:185 Hearing Loss and Audiometry |
3 s.h. |
| 003:244 Rehabilitative Audiology |
3 s.h. |
Hearing Impaired Endorsement for Teachers The American Sign Language Program offers courses that fulfill requirements for the Hearing Impaired Endorsement offered by the College of Education. The University of Iowa currently is the only institution in Iowa that offers this endorsement program. Holders of the endorsement are authorized to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students from birth to age 21. Applicants to the program must hold or be in the process of completing requirements for an elementary or secondary teaching license.
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