Page 144 of Antelope Valley College 1999-2000 Catalog by Antelope Valley Community College Lancaster California

142 Deaf Studies Staff Program Advisement: Fred Thompson Administrative Assistant: Camilla Day Adjunct Faculty: 722-6482 722-6482 To access adjunct faculty voice mail, dial 722-6530, then 1, the 4-digit number, followed by the sign. V.M. Karen Fathy 2179 Joan Lingren 2254 Bobbette Long 2073 Buffy Sproul 2020 Barbara Stites 2481 Darlene Wynkoop 2220 Distinctive Features The American Sign Language courses teach the language used by the deaf, and include discussion about the deaf culture and problems experienced by deaf people. Career Options Instructional Aide Interpreter (Signer) (Some of these careers may require education beyond the two-year college level.) Certificate Program Certificate not applicable. Associate Degree An associate degree with a major in Deaf Studies is not available. Deaf Studies courses may be included in the 18 units necessary for an associate degree with a major in Letters, Arts, and Science. (See Graduation/Associate Degree Requirements.) Transfer Not a transfer major. Prerequisite Completion If a course is listed as a prerequisite for another course, that prerequisite course must be completed with a satisfactory grade in order to enroll in the next course. According to the California Education Code [55200 (d)] a satisfactory grade is a grade of A," B, C, or CR . ATTENTION New Course Numbers Effective with the 1999-2000 academic year, AVC has adopted a new course numbering system. Former course numbers appear in parentheses after the new course numbers. A guide can be found on Pages 58-68 that provides an explanation of the new course numbering system along with an alphabetical list for converting former course numbers to new numbers. Deaf Studies Courses DFST 101 *AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I (formerly ED 30) 4 units 5 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 099. As part of the American Sign Language (ASL) course sequence, ASL I is designed mainly to introduce ASL, a visual-gestural language used by the deaf community in the United States and Canada, and, more importantly., to focus on the development of basic conversational skills, emphasizing receptive abilities. (CSU, UC, AVC) DFST 102 *AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II (formerly ED 3 1) 4 units 5 hours weekly Course Prerequisite: Completion of DFST 101. As part of the American Sign Language (ASL) course sequence, ASL II is designed for students who wish to develop or enhance their proficiency in ASL usage. The course stresses development of basic conversational skills with emphasis on vocabulary and expressive skills. (CSU, UC, AVC) DFST 105 *INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN DEAF CULTURE (formerly ED 35, Cultural Awareness of the Deaf) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 101. Discussion of various aspects of the American Deaf Culture, including description of deafness, deaf people and the deaf community as defined by audiology and/or cultural means, services for and by deaf people, and culture as reflected in the language of deaf people. (CSU, AVC) DFST 201 *AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III (formerly ED 32) 4 units 5 hours weekly Course Prerequisite: Completion of DFST 102. This course is designed for students to acquire communicative competency in ASL. The course promotes the shifting from comprehension to production of ASL. With expanded vocabularies and grammatical patterns being exposed, the students continue to develop their ASL competencies in numerous conversational settings. The main emphasis is to bring the students ASL fluency to a point of selfgenerated ASL for the purpose of furthering language use in ASL. (CSU, UC, AVC) DFST 202 *AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IV (formerly ED 33) 4 units 5 hours weekly Course Prerequisite: Completion of DFST 201. Advanced study of ASL grammar. Further development and refinement of ASL skills and fluency. Accentuates aspects of deaf culture and community through spontaneously generated conversations. (CSU, UC, AVC)

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