Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-2026 San Joaquin Delta College Catalog Program: American Sign Language Certificate of Achievement Minimum Credits Required:__________________
American Sign Language Certificate of Achievement The American Sign Language (ASL) certificate provides students with fluency in working with deaf persons. The ASL certificate is a two-year program of study of a second language that prepares students to communicate at a paraprofessional level. The program satisfies the majority of lower division transfer course work by establishing ASL fluency for students planning to transfer to an ASL interpreting program or Deaf Studies program. Program Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to: Demonstrate clear and precise expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language with appropriate grammatical accuracy. Demonstrate appropriate cultural awareness.
Core Requirements Complete 22 units
Course Name	Units:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
COMM 7 Intercultural Communication	Units: 3
ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing	Units: 3
or ENGL C1000E Academic Reading and Writing Units: 4
SL 1 Elementary American Sign Language I	Units: 4
SL 2 Elementary American Sign Language II	Units: 4
SL 3 Intermediate American Sign Language I	Units: 4
SL 4 Intermediate American Sign Language II	Units: 4
Restricted Electives Complete 2 units selected from:
Course Name	Units:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
SL 31 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory I	Units: 0.5-1
SL 32 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory II	Units: 0.5-1
SL 33 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory III	Units: 0.5-1
SL 34 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory IV	Units: 0.5-1
Minimum Units Required: 24 Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better.
For more information: Contact the Communication and Languages Transfer and Career Pathway (TrAC)
Notes:

Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________

Catalog: 2025-2026 San Joaquin Delta College Catalog Program: American Sign Language Certificate of Achievement Minimum Credits Required:__________________

American Sign Language Certificate of Achievement

The American Sign Language (ASL) certificate provides students with fluency in working with deaf persons. The ASL certificate is a two-year program of study of a second language that prepares students to communicate at a paraprofessional level. The program satisfies the majority of lower division transfer course work by establishing ASL fluency for students planning to transfer to an ASL interpreting program or Deaf Studies program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate clear and precise expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language with appropriate grammatical accuracy.
Demonstrate appropriate cultural awareness.

Core Requirements

Complete 22 units

Course Name

Units:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

COMM 7 Intercultural Communication

Units: 3

ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing

Units: 3

or ENGL C1000E Academic Reading and Writing Units: 4

SL 1 Elementary American Sign Language I

Units: 4

SL 2 Elementary American Sign Language II

Units: 4

SL 3 Intermediate American Sign Language I

Units: 4

SL 4 Intermediate American Sign Language II

Units: 4

Restricted Electives

Complete 2 units selected from:

Course Name

Units:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

SL 31 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory I

Units: 0.5-1

SL 32 Elementary American Sign Language Laboratory II

Units: 0.5-1

SL 33 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory III

Units: 0.5-1

SL 34 Intermediate American Sign Language Laboratory IV

Units: 0.5-1

Minimum Units Required: 24

Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better.

For more information:

Contact the Communication and Languages Transfer and Career Pathway (TrAC)

Notes: