Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-2026 San Joaquin Delta College Catalog Program: American Sign Language, AA Minimum Credits Required:__________________
American Sign Language, AA Upon successful completion of the American Sign Language (ASL) Associate in Arts degree, the student will demonstrate language fluency, as well as cultural knowledge of ASL and the Deaf. The program satisfies the majority of lower division transfer course work by establishing ASL fluency for students planning to transfer to an ASL interpreting, Deaf Education or Deaf Studies program. It is highly recommended that students see a Counselor or ASSIST.org for information regarding transfer requirements for this major at specific universities. 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.
Major Requirements - Core Complete 22 units
Course Name	Units:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
COMM DIS 1A Introduction to Communication Disorders	Units: 3
COMM DIS 1B Speech, Language and Hearing Development	Units: 3
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
Major Requirements - 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 Major Units Required: 24 Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better.
General Education Complete one of the following general education patterns: San Joaquin Delta College Associate Degree General Education Pattern Units: 27 California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) Certificate of Achievement Units: 34 Students are advised to double-count courses in the major to also satisfy general education when possible. Course subject credit will be awarded in satisfaction of major and lower division general education requirements, but the units will only be counted once in computing the total number of units for the degree.
Minimum Degree Units Required: 60
For more information: Contact the Communication and Languages Transfer and Career Pathway (TrAC)
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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________

Catalog: 2025-2026 San Joaquin Delta College Catalog Program: American Sign Language, AA Minimum Credits Required:__________________

American Sign Language, AA

Upon successful completion of the American Sign Language (ASL) Associate in Arts degree, the student will demonstrate language fluency, as well as cultural knowledge of ASL and the Deaf. The program satisfies the majority of lower division transfer course work by establishing ASL fluency for students planning to transfer to an ASL interpreting, Deaf Education or Deaf Studies program. It is highly recommended that students see a Counselor or ASSIST.org for information regarding transfer requirements for this major at specific universities.

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.

Major Requirements - Core

Complete 22 units

Course Name

Units:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

COMM DIS 1A Introduction to Communication Disorders

Units: 3

COMM DIS 1B Speech, Language and Hearing Development

Units: 3

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

Major Requirements - 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 Major Units Required: 24

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

General Education

Complete one of the following general education patterns:

San Joaquin Delta College Associate Degree General Education Pattern Units: 27
California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) Certificate of Achievement Units: 34

Students are advised to double-count courses in the major to also satisfy general education when possible. Course subject credit will be awarded in satisfaction of major and lower division general education requirements, but the units will only be counted once in computing the total number of units for the degree.

Minimum Degree Units Required: 60

For more information:

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

Notes: