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EDST 498C: Introduction to American Sign Language
July 4 – 21 (Tuesday to Friday) | 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Format: Hybrid (Tues/Thurs – In-Person & Wed/Friday zoom-synchronous)
This American Sign Language course consists 36 hours and includes vocabulary development, manual alphabet, numeral system, simple structures and grammatical forms of ASL, as well as insight into the culture and community of Deaf people. In addition, laboratory or group practice, drills, exercises, and dialogues to develop the grammatical forms and syntax are included. This course is designed to develop your receptive and expressive skills by being involved in communication activities from the True Way ASL Curriculum.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to introduce oneself and participate in typical greetings
- Identify and utilize different attention getting strategies
- Identify the difference between ASL word order
- Demonstrate correct handshapes for ASL fingerspelling
- Demonstrate basic conversations, dialogues and phrases
Mari Klassen
Klassen is bilingual in American Sign Language (ASL) and written English. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies from Gallaudet University, and her Master’s degree in Sign Language Education with a Deaf Studies Graduate Certification from Gallaudet University. Her educational experiences have allowed her to develop a strong foundation for teaching ASL, deaf culture and history. She has been fortunate to be part of an intellectual community consisting of many notable people, leaders and teachers. Her goals are to be more involved with the deaf community, be an advocate, partner and ally.
How to register
To register for courses, please visit the Student Information Service Centre (SISC).
Please note, this course requires third-year standing or above. Those who do not meet the requirements will be dropped from the course.
Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Information Service Centre (SISC).
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm transfer credit will be approved prior to registering for a UBC Okanagan course.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Information Service Centre (SISC). You must have Summer registration eligibility. If not, please email sie.education@ubc.ca.
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm approval of transfer credit prior to registration.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
Please contact sie.education@ubc.ca with your UBC student number and courses of interest.
To register for a course, you will first need to submit an online application via Education Planner BC portal.
- Sign up for your EducationPlannerBC Account and follow the instructions to complete your applicant profile.
- Select University of British Columbia as the institution you want to apply to
- Select the upcoming Winter Session: September – December
- Select “Access Studies”
- Under “Access Studies” section, indicate that your program of interest is the Okanagan School of Education’s Summer Institute in Education Summer Session May – August.
- Once all necessary fields are filled in, click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page.
- You will be prompted to review your EPBC application and pay an application fee.
Once you have paid the application fee, email nondegree.ok@ubc.ca if you want UBC to process it quicker. If not, it will take three to five business days for UBC to admit you.