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Education/Courses
Language (Major) Courses
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ASL 2010 - ASL II
ASL 2020 - ASL II
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Taught in ASL. These courses covers vocabulary, sentences, and grammar structures. Main focus is on conversational, expressive, and receptive skills as well as better understanding of Deaf culture.
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ASL 3010 - Ad. ASL I
ASL 3020- Adv. ASL II
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Upper level ASL courses. Focuses on American Sign Language fluency, vocabulary development, grammatical structures of American Sign Language, uses classifiers, conversational skills, translating written texts into American Sign Language, and vice versa. Emphasis is on making formal presentations in American Sign Language.
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ASL 3000- Finger Spelling and Numbers in ASL
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Advanced study of the manual alphabet and numerical system in American Sign Language, with extensive practice in both expressive and receptive skills.
ASL 3100- ASL Classifiers
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Upper level ASL course. Students study the visual and gestural aspects of the language. Classifier categories are learned as well as when, how, and why they are important.
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ASL4700- Development of Sign Language for Deaf Children
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Overview of language acquisition in spoken and signed modalities in children. Focuses on how language developments is further engaged through reading. Examines how the combination of signed language acquisition and reading development effects deaf children
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Minor Courses (social media/communication)
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COMM 2010 - Intro to Comm Studies
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Introduces Communication Studies majors to and prepares them for continued study in the discipline by providing them with an overview of important issues, areas of study, and approaches to the field. Includes a writing laboratory experience.
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COMM 3130 - Storytelling and Reporting
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Covers the influence of communication in news, social media, politics, current events, and sports, and how these technologies are changing and influencing the way we get information. Students also explore how a newsroom is run, focusing on: deadlines, media law, copyright, attribution and audience analysis.
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COMM 3280 - Social Media and Sports Comm
Covers the influence of communication and social media in sports and how these technologies are changing the communicative infrastructure of sports. Students explore how social media and emerging theories related to social media are re-configuring sports media, how sports organizations are managing social media, and how social media affects fan behavior and athlete communication.
COMM 3290 - Sport News Media
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This course traces the historical development of the field of sport news media and immerses students in the contemporary landscape. Relevant communication theories guide students' understanding of key concepts and issues, and students also are expected to produce high-quality multimodal sports media artifacts that demonstrate technical expertise.
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COMM 3420 - Producing Newscast
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Students produce weekly newscasts (live and pre-recorded) for real broadcasts on Clemson’s student-run television station. Students rotate roles as reporters, anchors, videographers, directors, and assignment editors.
Culture and Literature Courses
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ASL 4350- Ethics in the ASL Community
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Studies the ethics and morals within the Deaf and American Sign Language community. Different topics covered such as medical, legal, and research studies. Focuses on advanced critical thinking skills as well as discussions, presentations and papers
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ASL 4500- Deaf People in Literature and Film
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Explores the rich traditions of Deaf people and their experiences in novels, short stories, drama, poetry, folklore, humor, and other forms of literature and film.
Other Courses
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ASL 3050- Deaf Studies
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Upper level course taught in English. Focuses on an in-depth study of language, culture and the daily lives on Deaf people. Looks at the history of American Sign language from pre-revolutionary times to current.
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ASL 4970- Creative Inquiry in ASL
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Upper level research course. Research project guided by a faculty member. Initial research completed then take a trip to do research in the field. Specific topics covered in this class were genealogies and the deaf gene in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Students work on research, creating community relationships and collaboration.
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LANG 3000 - Intro to Lingustics
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Introduction to the field of linguistics. Study’s focus on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Discussions talking about issues related to foreign language acquisition
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HIST 3550 - Roman World
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Considers the rise of Rome to world empire and the international civilization it dominated. Concentrates on the nature of the political change from Republic to monarchy with particular emphasis on city life and the causes of its decline.
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ASTR 1010 - Solar System Astronomy
ASTR 1030 - Solar System Astronomy LAB
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Descriptive survey of the universe, with emphasis on basic physical concepts and the objects in our solar system. Related topics of current interest are included. For nonscience majors.
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MUSC 3180 - History of Audio Tech
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Surveys the historical development of audio technology and its social impacts and consequences. Technologies include automatic instruments, recording devices, radio, amplification, consumer listening devices, and distribution formats.