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EDU 626 ASL I for Urban Educators

This course introduces students to American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Culture through a culturally responsive, immersive learning framework. Students develop foundational expressive and receptive signing skills, visual awareness, non-manual markers, fingerspelling, and conversational structures. Through visual communication practice, Deaf history exploration, and equity-focused learning, students build confidence, cultural humility, and connection to the Deaf community.

Special information

Note: crossed listed with EDU 326.
1 Graduate credit

Effective May 6, 2026 to August 17, 2026

Learning outcomes

General

  • Build language skills using basic ASL
  • Demonstrate basic expressive and receptive ASL vocabulary
  • Use fingerspelling and numbers fluently in simple contexts
  • Produce and comprehend questions & topical sentence structure
  • Apply facial grammar and visual-spatial signing features
  • Demonstrate respectful turn-taking and Deaf communication norms

Summer 2026

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 ASL I for Urban Educators Nash, Terryann Books for EDU-626-01 Summer 2026 Course details for EDU-626-01 Summer 2026