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Nature of course request C01102 :

Number/Prefix change

Prerequisite change

Undergraduate

From:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
ASL 420D	Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community	3 - 3
To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
ASL 420C	Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community	3 - 3

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Socioling Deaf Comm

Current Course Description: This course focuses on the sociolinguistic factors that affect language variation and language change. Sociolinguistic factors that influence communication and strategies for analyzing discourse will be identified and described. Language contact, language change, and language policy and planning in Deaf communities will be examined.

New Course Description: Same as above

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): ASL 420 already fulfills the Diversity (D) requirement, thus, a ¿C¿ designation would be the final designation. This change would make the ASL Studies major and minor align and be consistent with the other majors and minors on this campus by offering students a course that fulfills the WI requirement at the Upper Division Level. The following quote from WOU¿s Writing Intensive web page supports the justification for changing this course to a WI designation. This would be the only course in the ASL Studies program to have such a designation. WOU students are required to complete a minimum of two WI courses for graduation. Ideally, they should have WIC in the major and the minor - courses where class size is kept to 25 at most. Additionally, at least one of these WI courses should be concentrated in the upper-division (300-400 level) offerings where the subject matter of each discipline is explored in more depth than in the LACC courses and where we can show students how to write in that discipline's style. WR 135 is designated as a pre-requisite for UD WI courses. (Retrieved on 1/19/10 from http://www.wou.edu/las/humanities/writingctr/wicourse.php)

Students/Program affected: ASL Studies majors and minors

Approval Queue C01102

Attached Files:

ASL420C_syllabus_W11.doc		Download
ASL420D_WI_form_W11.doc		Download
MemoASL420_WI_DesPermanent.doc		Download