Have you always wanted to learn sign language? Now's your chance!

Posted by Kimberly McCoy-Blauser on August 13, 2015 at 2:40 PM

American Sign Language is now at Fitchburg State!

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American Sign Language is one of the fastest growing languages. In fact, American Sign Language can be taken as a foreign language to help fulfill graduation requirements!

It not only serves the deaf population, but also serves educators and family members who seek to communicate with those on the autism spectrum, have Down’s Syndrome and others who are aphasic due to stroke or other issues causing a lack of speech.

These are no-stress courses that allow you to learn sentence structure and vocabulary that is suited to your career needs. You will develop skills in facial expression, use of classifiers and finger-spelling and important aspects of deaf culture.

No prior experience necessary to take these courses.keep-calm-learn-sign-language-1

You may take these courses on the undergraduate or graduate level.

This course will expand the future interactions with students, clients, patients, and audiences of individuals studying:

  • Education
  • Human Services
  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Theater

It will also greatly benefit anyone who seeks to communicate with others who need manual communication.

Register today

 SPED 6700 and 6800 AND ASL 1000, 2000, 6700, 6800

(Graduate and Undergraduate Courses)
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Kelly Morgan has been a professor in the Communications Media department at Fitchburg State for 18 years. He has served as chair of the Cultural & Creative Arts Department at The National Technical Institute for the Deaf and has worked with members of the Deaf Community for over 40 years.