American Sign Language (ASL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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  • Schedule of Classes - November 20, 2025 7:07PM EST

ASL 1100
Survey of American Sign Language and Deaf History

This course provides origins and historical perspectives on sign language, basics of sign language linguistics, the communication debate between manualism vs. oralism, Deaf education and the establishment ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1159 ASL 1100   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sunde, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This course is unavailable to students who have already taken any other ASL course.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/qY5mqUuBEBkDfVMi9
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

ASL 1102
American Sign Language II

This is the second in a sequence of courses in American Sign Language and Deaf Culture offered at Cornell. This course is a continuation of ASL 1101 and focuses on development of conversational and storytelling ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1137 ASL 1102   SEM 101

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    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Prestano, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1101 or permission of instructor.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/n8pxu95EUWbNjrLWA
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1139 ASL 1102   SEM 103

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Prestano, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1101 or permission of instructor.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/n8pxu95EUWbNjrLWA
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1140 ASL 1102   SEM 104

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sunde, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1101 or permission of instructor.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/n8pxu95EUWbNjrLWA
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1141 ASL 1102   SEM 105

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Prestano, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1101 or permission of instructor.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/n8pxu95EUWbNjrLWA
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1142 ASL 1102   SEM 106

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Prestano, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1101 or permission of instructor.
    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/n8pxu95EUWbNjrLWA
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

ASL 2201
Intermediate American Sign Language I

This intermediate level course will focus on rigorous development and expansion of ASL vocabulary, non-manual signals, and grammar features through communicative activities. Students will develop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 13062 ASL 2201   LEC 001

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sunde, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

ASL 2202
Intermediate American Sign Language II

This course is a continuation of ASL 2201, comprehension and production skills emphasizing on complex grammar, short stories, narratives, and interactive use of ASL. The student will continue a study in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1144 ASL 2202   SEM 101

  •  
    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schertz, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1102 or instructor permission.
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

ASL 2301
Modern Deaf Culture

This course, taught by a culturally Deaf individual, will offer students an opportunity of learning first-hand about a culture within the American cultural context, with constructions of Deaf people as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1143 ASL 2301   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schertz, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1102 or instructor permission.
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu

ASL 3215
Deaf Art, Film and Theatre

This course will explore approaches to the Deaf experience taken by Deaf artists from the 1900s to the present. Analysis of chosen works of Deaf art, film and theater will illuminate the expression of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3425

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1156 ASL 3215   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schertz, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: ASL 1102 or instructor permission.
    All questions about enrollment should be directed to asl-classes@cornell.edu