The Advanced American Sign Language certificate is designed for students who are looking to enter ASL and/or ASL interpreting fields. Alternatively, this certificate could serve students who are sufficiently proficient and fluent in both American Sign Language and English to pass a language proficiency entrance exam. These individuals in this latter category may be Deaf or hearing heritage ASL users. This certificate moves students from basic ASL to ASL proficiency. This certificate may also benefit working interpreters or educators working with the Deaf community, who have basic knowledge of ASL, but would like to improve their skills.
Admission to Graduate Studies
An applicant seeking to pursue graduate study may be admitted as either a degree-seeking or non-degree seeking student. Policies and procedures of Graduate Studies govern the process of Graduate admission. These may be found in the Graduate Studies section of the online catalog.
For more information on admission to a graduate certificate program at KU, see the policy on Admission to Graduate Study. Applications may be submitted at http://graduate.ku.edu/ku-graduate-application.
Students must complete an American Sign Language proficiency exam prior to admissions into the program.
Certificate Requirements
The Advanced ASL Graduate Certificate is a 15 credit hour certificate that requires the following:
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| ASLD 705 | American Sign Language V (ASL V) | 3 |
| ASLD 706 | American Sign Language VI (ASL VI) | 3 |
| 9 |
| American Sign Language Linguistics | |
| Discourse Analysis of ASL | |
| ASL Pragmatics and Syntax | |
| Visual-Gestural Communication | |
| American Sign Language Literature | |
| Advanced American Sign Language Literature | |
| Topics in ASL Vocabulary and Discourse: _____ | |
