Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings

• 03 - Humanities
• 16. - Aboriginal and Foreign Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
• 16.16 - Sign Language

16.1601 - American Sign Language (ASL)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on American Sign Language as a visual and motor medium of communication and discourse for deaf individuals and deaf culture. These programs include courses in the development of ASL, ASL morphology and syntax, signing technique, English translation of ASL, formal and colloquial ASL, and ASL transcription.

• Example Program Names:

  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Langage des signes québécois (LSQ)
  • Sign language

• Exclusion

  • Teacher of the deaf(13.1003)
  • Linguistics of signed languages(16.1602)
  • Sign language interpretation(16.1603)