BA in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
Below is a sample 4-year plan for students pursuing the BA in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. To view the list of courses approved to fulfill KU Core Goals, please visit the KU Core website.
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| LANG U Elementary American Sign Language I | 3 | LANG U Elementary American Sign Language II | 3 |
| SPED U Introduction to the Deaf Community | 3 | ENGL 102 | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | 3 | KU Core Goal 3S - Social Science | 3 |
| KU Core Goal 1.1 - Critical Thinking and Quantitative Literacy | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| KU Core Goal 2.2 - Communication | 3 | KU Core Goal 3H - Humanities | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| LANG U Intermediate American Sign Language | 3 | LANG U Intermediate American Sign Language II | 3 |
| LANG U Fingerspelling I | 2 | LING S Intro to American Sign Language Linguistics | 3 |
| MATH 101 (satisfies KU Core Goal 1.2) | 3 | ENGL H American Sign Language Literature | 3 |
| KU Core Goal 3N Natural Science with Lab | 4 | KU Core Goal 4.2 - Culture and Diversity | 3 |
| KU Core Goal 4.1 - Culture and Diversity | 3 | KU BA Quantitative Reasoning Second | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ASLD 311 | 3 | ASLD 312 | 3 |
| ASLD 313 | 3 | ASLD 506 | 3 |
| ASLD 505 | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| KU Core Goal 5 - Social Responsibility and Ethics | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ASLD 501 | 3 | ASLD 502 | 3 |
| ASLD 521 | 3 | ASLD 588 | 3 |
| Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 | ASLD 608 | 3 |
| Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 | Elective or Minor/Certificate Course | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours 120 | |||
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The major requires a total of 30 credit hours (completed through 10 courses at three credit hours each).
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Elective courses can be ASL courses or topics from other disciplines. Students are encouraged to utilize elective options to pursue a minor or certificate program.
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The University of Kansas Edwards Campus only teaches classes at the Junior and Senior level. Students are recommended to meet with their Academic Success Coach/Advisor each semester to ensure that the degree requirements are met. This is a suggested semester-by-semester degree completion plan based on the transfer pathway from JCCC’s Associates of Arts program with the ASL Certificate. Students may follow the course sequencing above, but are not required to complete the course work in this order.
Please note:
The same course cannot be used to fulfill more than one KU Core Goal. However, overlap of a KU Core course with a major or degree-specific requirement is allowed. Overlapping is recommended to allow more opportunities to explore other majors and/or minors.