# American Sign Language (ASLG) courses

Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-humanities-liberal-arts/courses/aslg-courses

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### ASLG-01 — Beginning American Sign Language

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merced-college/schedule/fall-2026/aslg.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/aslg.md)
- (CSU breadth area C2) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This course is an introduction to understanding and signing American Sign Language and appreciating the basic elements of the Deaf culture.

Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language, including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, nonmanual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visual-gestural language, and beginning conversational skills. (09/21)

### ASLG-02 — High-Beginning American Sign Language

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** ASLG-01
- **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/merced-college/schedule/spring-2027/aslg.md)
- (CSU breadth area C2) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This course provides high beginning practice understanding and signing American Sign Language and appreciating the basic elements of the Deaf culture. Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, non-manual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visualgestural language, and high beginning conversational skills. (09/21)

### ASLG-03 — Intermediate American Sign Language

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** ASLG-02
- **Advisory:** ENGL-C1000 (Formerly ENGL-01A)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

This course provides intermediate practice in understanding and signing American Sign Language and insights in the basic elements of the Deaf culture. Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language, including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, non-manual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visualgestural language, and intermediate conversational skills. (05/19)