Program of Study
American Sign Language, or ASL, is the language of the deaf community in the United States and Canada. Knowledge of ASL is valuable to people in interpretation, deaf education, law, health care, and other fields.
An increasing number of Transfer Programs and Degree of colleges and universities are recognizing that ASL is a foreign language for the purpose of meeting their foreign language requirements. The AA degree is intended for anyone interested in developing language skills that allow for conversation with people who are deaf or as a language foundation for those who intend to further pursue a Bachelor’s degree in either Deaf Education or Sign Language Interpretation.
In order to complete this concentration, students should select a minimum of 12 hours from the following courses in the concentration area. It is strongly recommended that students intending to transfer take all the ASL courses. These credits are in addition to courses used to meet the college general requirements and the Ohio Transfer Module (OTM).
To make an informed selection of Arts & Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science electives, Terra advises the transfer-intending student to consult the receiving institution to ensure maximum transferability and application of credits.
Recommended science courses include 100-level environmental science, chemistry, and physics classes.
See your advisor for appropriate course selection.
* required
** recommended at state TAG level
Note: Electives to be used for Mathematics, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences are located on page 50.
All students graduating from Terra State Community College with an Associate degree of any kind will be functionally proficient in common computer operations and applications. Please see your academic advisor or academic division office for further details.
To determine when courses are scheduled, see program curriculum sheet which is available from the Enrollment Services office in Building A/Room 100, from the Liberal Arts and Public Services Division, Building A/Room 202.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
CONCENTRATION
A minimum of 12 semester hours from the following courses. It is strongly recommended that each student intending to transfer take all the ASL courses.
| Course |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| ASL 1010 |
American Sign Language I |
4 |
| ASL 1020 |
American Sign Language II |
4 |
| ASL 1250 |
Specialized Vocabulary |
3 |
| ASL 1310 |
Fingerspelling |
3 |
| ASL 2040 |
American Sign Language III |
4 |
| ASL 2050 |
American Sign Language IV |
4 |
| ASL 2110 |
Deaf Culture |
3 |
| ASL 2200 |
Linguistics of ASL |
3 |
| |
Concentration Required Credit Hours. |
12 |
COLLEGE REQUIRED COURSES
| Course |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| GEN 1000 |
First-Year Seminar* |
1 |
| CIT 1090 |
Computer Fundamentals* |
3 |
| HUM 290 |
Leading by the Humanities* |
3 |
| |
College Required Courses Credit Hours |
7 |
ENGLISH/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS COURSES
| Course |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| By Placement: |
ENG 1050 College Composition I or ENG 1020 |
3 or 5 |
| ENG 1060 |
College Composition II* |
3 |
| SPE 2010 |
Effective Speaking* |
3 |
| |
English/Oral Communications Required Credit Hours |
6 |
MATHEMATICS
| |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| Choose One: |
MTH 2010 Statistics or MTH 2310 College Algebra or OTM Math elective |
3 or 5 |
| |
Mathematics Required Credit Hours |
3 |
ARTS & HUMANITIES
A minimum of 12 semester hours from approved OTM Arts & Humanities electives. At least 2 different discipline areas are required.
| |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| |
Any combination of OTM Arts & Humanities electives |
12 |
| |
Arts & Humanities Required Credit Hours |
12 |
SOCIAL SCIENCES
A minimum of 10 semester hours from approved OTM Social Sciences electives. At least 2 different discipline areas are required.
| |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| |
Any combination of OTM Social Sciences electives |
10 |
| |
Social Sciences Required Credit Hours |
10 |
NATURAL SCIENCES
A minimum of 7 semester hours from approved OTM Natural Science electives are required. At least one course must contain a laboratory component or be a laboratory course.
| |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| |
Any combination of OTM Natural Sciences electives |
7 |
| |
Natural Sciences Required Credit Hours |
7 |
Additional elective hours may be taken from any Terra program or discipline to combine with the above requirements to complete a degree with at least 60, but not greater than 73 semester hours. Care should be taken to select elective courses that will meet specific requirements at the four-year institution. No mathematics course below the 200-level may be used as an elective. No developmental course may be used as an elective.
| Any combination of additional electives |
3–16 |
| |
|
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
60–73 |
For additional transfer information, see Transfer section, pages 48–51.