College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Arts, Languages, and Social Sciences
2.
Course ID and Number: SNLAN 2A
3.
Course Title: Intermediate American Sign Language I
4.
Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web
address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): Sign Language, American
5.
Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated?
Title of course to be inactivated:
6.
No
Yes
Inactivation date:
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No
Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
7.
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
Course SNLAN 2A will fullfill the requirements for entry into placement in CSU and
UC Level II classes and Deaf Studies Programs. Course will provide a more
competitive level of proficiency for College of the Redwoods students to enter their
chosen professions in the field of Deafness.
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
9. Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No
Fee: $
Submitted by:
Yes
Jane Epperson-Bloomfield, Xenia Fretter Woods, Ana María Romo de Mease
Tel. Ext. 4324
Date: 11-07-08
Division Chair: Justine Shaw
Review Date: 12/05/08
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Academic Senate Approval Date: 12/17/08
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 1/6/09
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Yes
Date: 12.12.08
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
OLD
NEW
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
Select
Select
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and
proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
DATE: 11/07/08
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: SNLAN 2A
COURSE TITLE: Intermediate American Sign Language I
SHORT TITLE: Inter. Amer. Sign Language I
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Fall 2009
TOTAL UNITS: 4
TOTAL HOURS: 72
[Lecture Units: 4
[Lecture Hours: 72
Lab Units: 0]
Lab Hours: 0]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 28
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units: No
Grade-CR/NC Option
Yes
If yes, how many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the
course is designed to fulfill.
An intermediate interactive course that emphasizes real and meaningful communication to
develop and refine students' receptive and expressive American Sign Language signing
skills and glossing in written form. It provides the tools for students to acquire
intermediate linguistic proficiency. Special focus is placed on cultural awareness and
appreciation of the diversity of the Deaf Culture.
Special notes or advisories:
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s): SNLAN 1B or equivalent preparation
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
Students must be able to use the linguistic skills and grammatical concepts learned in
SNLAN 1A and SNLAN 1B or equivalent.
COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of
specific, measurable student accomplishments.
1. Comprehend intermediate-level American Sign Language in a variety of situations.
2. Engage in interactive intermediate-level American Sign Language exchanges obtaining and
interpreting information.
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3. Develop and refine American Sign Language linguistic skills by using past, present, and future
tenses in narrations and by expressing emotions and opinions.
4. Use grammatical concepts correctly through specific interactive signing and written activities.
5. View a variety of selections (short articles, interviews, poems, short stories, and short plays)
and answer questions, comment, and reflect on the content.
6. Sign paragraphs and short compositions using a process-based signing plan.
7. Offer signed presentations and written reports to demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of
Deaf culture.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
Signing comprehension competence.
Communication, fluency and meaningful interaction.
Accuracy of grammatical structures in oral transliteration and written expression.
Internalization and visualization of language.
Cultural diversity in the Deaf world.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Expressive Communication, and receptive interpretation of signed American Sign Language.
2. American Sign Language Linguistics and Grammar as a tool to communicate effectively.
3. Techniques and strategies to negotiate meaning in signing using facial and body expression.
4. Process-based signing strategies to improve signing skills.
5. Relationship of language and culture.
6. Appreciation of the multicultural legacy and diversity of the Deaf, deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
populations.
Issues: What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including
such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
1. The differences between the structure of the English Language and American Sign Language,
including sentence structure, and how inflection of face and body expression rules affect meaning.
2. Comparison of one's culture to the Deaf cultures to better understand, appreciate and respect
them.
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Clear comprehensible signing.
2. Meaningful communication low to mid-intermediate American Sign Language.
3. Vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in meaningful and more complex signed and
written activities.
4. Comprehension and responses to more sophisticated American Sign Language in specific
situations.
5. Cognates and prediction of content and interpretation at an intermediate level of signed
American Sign Language.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending
a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Participating in interactive demonstrations of grammatical concepts.
2. Completing interactive assigned grammatical exercises.
3. Role-playing activities developing and practicing more complex conversations.
4. Participating in group activities to build communication skills.
5 Receptive and expressive comprehension activities.
6. Reading and writing activities relating to Deaf cultural issues and devices used by the Deaf,
deaf and Hard-of-Hearing populations.
7. Preparing in-class presentations with linguistic and cultural themes.
8. Participating in cultural events on campus or in the community.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any)
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are required for all sections.
Representative assessment tasks:
1. Written exams and quizzes test students' understanding of grammatical principles, knowledge
of vocabulary, and analysis of cultural traits and historical facts.
2. Short guided dialogues demonstrate students' ability to apply grammatical and prosodic rules
and patterns.
3. Signed evaluations (question-answer responses and conversational negotiation) allow the
instructor to determine students' interactional competencies.
4. Signed presentations require students to demonstrate extemporaneous as well as rehearsed
signing, showing their ability to use correct syntax and vocabulary.
5. Written assignments in English to demonstrate their knowledge of Deaf culture and history as
well as their understanding of the features and principles of American Sign Language.
6. Class participation
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Lentz, Ella Mae, et al.
completed in 2009)
Author
Author
Title
Date
Author
Title
Date
Author
Title
Date
Title
Signing Naturally Level 2
Date
1992 (revison of text to be
Other Appropriate Readings:
articles and web readings
PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY:
CSU
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific
course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give
course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower
division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent
institution.
UC
None
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1. DEAF 280. American Sign Language III
(Units: 4.0), CSUN (Campus)
2. LISL 1C and 1CX. Analysis of American
Sign Language (Units: 5.0)., UC San Diego
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category:
CSU GE Category:
IGETC Category:
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
1. All language 2A and 2B Intermediate courses in CR fulfill the General Education requirements for
graduation and transfer to CSU or UC systems.
2. SNLAN 2A complies with the guidelines for G.E. curriculum and meets its requirements;
therefore, it should be a G.E. course.
Natural Science
Social Science
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Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign Language
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal
Institutions
E2 – Self-Development
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
Same as above
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER SNLAN 2A
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: ARTLN Arts and Languages
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: Sign Language
Course
2A
17. Recommended
Prep:No:
Engl-150
Course NO: 2A
3. Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
18. Maximum Class Size: 28
4. Min/Maximum Units: 4.0 to
19. Repeat/Retake: NR No repeats
variable units
5. Course Level: E Not Occupational
20. Count Retakes for Credit:
yes
no
6. Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
21. Only Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
7. Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
22. Allow Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
8. Short Title: Intermediate American Sign
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
Language I
24. Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
9. Long Title: Intermediate American Sign
25. Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
Language I
10. National ID
11. Local ID
(CIP):
(TOPS):
26. Billing Method: T-Term
16.0905
27. Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
110500
12. Course Types:
 Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
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

28. Billing Credits: 4.0
29. Purpose: A Liberal Arts Sciences
Level Two Work Experience:
NWE Not Coop Work Experience
30. Articulation No.
Level Three:
31. Articulation Seq.
Placeholder for GE OR
(CAN):
(CAN):
Choose One:
32. Transfer Status: A Transfers to both UC/CSU
Level Four: If GE :
33. Equates to another course?
(course number).
C2 Humanities (Lit, Phil, Lan)
34. The addition of this course will inactive
number). Inactive at end of
term.
13. Instructional Method:
LEC Lecture and/or Discussion
14. Lec TLUs: 6.0 Contact Hours: 72
Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
Lecture/Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
15. Prerequisite: SNLAN 1B
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
Curriculum Approval Date: 12.12.08
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