American Sign Language Brochure - LaGuardia Community College

ASL-English Interpretation Program
offers the option to pursue a BA Degree or
a Two-Year Professional Certificate. The
baccalaureate degree is offered in
collaboration with Empire State/SUNY.
The program, the only one of its kind in the
Metropolitan New York City Tri-State area,
is a rigorous and well-regarded training for
a career as an ASL-English Interpreter.
The program also offers a Pre-Interpretation
Program as a bridge that will assist you in
acquiring the skills needed to be accepted
into the degree or certificate programs.
ASL Language & Interpreting Lab
As an adult ASL and ASL-Interpreter student,
you will have access to the college's state-ofthe-art,
multi-media, ASL Language &
Interpreting Lab as part of your classroom
activities.
For complete information about
our programs, please visit
www.lagcc.cuny.edu/asl
or call
Program for Deaf Adult’s
ASL Continuing Education Program
718-482-5324
Room C-203
Interpreter Education Projects
718-482-5313
Room C-203
Deaf Studies Degree/Human Services
718-482-5470
Room C-252
31-10 THOMSON AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
TheWorld’s
Community
College
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
from
Cradle
to
Career

LaGuardia Community College/CUNY
offers the most comprehensive array of
classes and training, in the City of New
York, to enable you to communicate in
American Sign Language (ASL) and/or
become an ASL/English interpreter.
You can
• Cultivate a child's linguistic
development
• Learn a new language for personal
or professional satisfaction
• Pursue a career as an ASL/English
Interpreter
LaGuardia has what it takes to help you
achieve your goal
• resources
• experienced and skilled
teachers
• classes in ASL
and ASL/English
Interpretation
Baby Fingers' Mommy & Me
Sign Language Classes
Sign Language for infants and toddlers &
their parents. Three levels of Mommy &
Me Sign Language Classes are offered for
parents and their hearing infants, as young
as one month old, and toddlers up to age
three.
Our Continuing Education Program
offers five levels of ASL classes that are
designed to help you develop ASL
communication competency. You will
learn the skills of grammar, vocabulary,
expressive and receptive skills, and
experience discussions about Deaf Culture.
Specialized workshops, to help enhance
your ASL skills, are offered throughout
the year.
As a Contract Service, our Continuing
Education ASL classes can be tailored to your
business needs and are offered off-campus.
Intensive Study in American Sign
Language is available for the continuing
education student seriously wishing to
advance their studies further. Three levels
of ASL are offered jointly with the college's
Academic Division.
Deaf Studies, a Liberal Arts Associate
in Arts Degree, offers an extensive set of
courses in ASL for college credit. Language
development is supported, expanded and
reinforced through internships and other
assignments that involve interactions with
diverse ASL users.
Deaf Studies prepares
you for a career
in teaching, social work,
counseling, ASL/English
interpreting,
psychology,
rehabilitation
counseling,
audiology
and others.