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CIP PROGRAM: 16.1601
American Sign Language (ASL).

Summary: A program that focuses on American Sign Language as a visual and motor medium of communication and discourse for deaf individuals and deaf culture. Includes instruction in the development of ASL, ASL morphology and syntax, signing technique, English translation of ASL, formal and colloquial ASL, and ASL transcription.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 317 139 33
2021 368 124 26
2022 374 152 32
2023 362 136 50
2024 330 137 28
Change +14.20% -2.16% +51.52%

Related CIPs

16 FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
16.16 American Sign Language.
16.1601 American Sign Language (ASL).
16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages.
16.1603 Sign Language Interpretation and Translation.
16.1699 American Sign Language, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in American Sign Language (ASL).