SILA 305    American Sign Language 1    4 Units

Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; IGETC Area 6
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 72 hours LEC
Description: This is the beginning course in a series of four courses in visual-gestural processing of sign language. It provides instructional activities for people who wish to become competent in communication with deaf people. This emphasis is on non-verbal communication.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
TTh          10:30AM-12:35PM   LEC   M.Lennert            FLC MAIN FL5 209     23520
MW           07:45PM-09:50PM   LEC   M.Lennert            FLC MAIN FL4 233     23522
TTh          05:30PM-07:35PM   LEC   S.Thrapp             El Dorado EDC A202   23524

SILA 306    American Sign Language 2    4 Units

Prerequisite: SILA 305 with a grade of "C" or better
General Education: AA/AS Area I
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 72 hours LEC
Description: This is the second in a series of four courses in American Sign Language. The emphasis is on non-verbal communication. Topics presented include grammatical features such as descriptors, differentiation between cardinal/ordinal numbers, contrastive structure, temporal aspect markers and temporal sequencing.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
TTh          01:00PM-03:05PM   LEC   M.Lennert            FLC MAIN FL5 209     23526
TTh          05:30PM-07:35PM   LEC   M.Lennert            FLC MAIN FL5 112     23528

SILA 315    American Sign Language 3    4 Units

Prerequisite: SILA 306 with a grade of "C" or better
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 72 hours LEC
Description: This course is the third in a series of four courses in American Sign Language. It emphasizes expressive and receptive non-verbal communication skills between signers who have preliminary American Sign Language syntactical and lexical skills. It provides an understanding of deaf cultural processes by identifying behaviors and several norms from activities assigned in the class. It also includes dialogues that involve asking, empathizing, negotiation and agreeing or disagreeing.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
MW           05:30PM-07:35PM   LEC   M.Lennert            FLC MAIN FL4 233     23530