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American Sign Language B.A. Teacher Certification - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

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Lamar University's Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language with a teacher certification prepares you for teaching in schools offering ASL for “foreign language” credit in an EC-12 program. Each student must complete a required departmental core of courses, which includes teaching ASL as a second language, clinical teaching, managing early childhood classroom environment, etc. In addition, each student will complete the pedagogy courses required for licensure. The program is offered only on-campus and will gain documented proficiency in ASL, validity within the deaf community and networking opportunities within the professional community.

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
DSDE 1371 ASL I 3 ______ ENGL 1302 Composition II 3 ______
DSDE 1372 ASL II 3 ______ DSDE 2371 ASL III 3 ______
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______ DSDE 2372 American Sign Language IV 3 ______
HIST 1301 U S History I 1763-1877 3 ______ MATH 1332
or MATH 1333
 Contemporary Mathematics I 
or Contemporary Mathematics II
 3 ______
DSDE 1379 ASL Structure 3 ______ DSDE 2382 ASL Linguistics 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
DSDE 2380 ASL V 3 ______ Creative Arts 3 ______
DSDE 2381 ASL VI 3 ______ DSDE 1377 Introductoin to Deaf Education 3 ______
DSDE 1378 Intro to Interpreting 3 ______ POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______
DSDE 2384 Linguistics of Fingerspelling 3 ______ EDUC 2310 Intro to Teacher Education 3 ______
HIST 1302 US History II Since 1877 3 ______ COMM 1321 Business and Prof Speech 3 ______
______ Life and Physical Science 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 18 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Language, Philosophy and Culture 3 ______ DSDE 4310 Sign Lang & Sign Codes 3 ______
DSDE 1374 Introduction to Deaf Studies 3 ______ PSYC 2301 General Psychology 3 ______
EDUC 3300 Human Devel and Learning 3 ______ DSDE 4309 Practicum 3 ______
POLS 2302 Intro American Government II 3 ______ Common Area Option 3 ______
DSDE 3307 ASL Literature 3 ______ DSDE 4308 Teaching ASL as a Second Language 3 ______
EDUC 2342
or EDUC 4355
 Diversity of Learners 
or Inclusion in the Gen Ed Class
 3 ______ Life and Physical Science 3 ______
  Hours 18 ______   Hours 18 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
READ 3326 Content Area Reading 3 ______ EDUC 4620 Clinical Teaching 6 ______
EDUC 3380 Secondary Curric/Methodology 3 ______ ______
EDUC 4340 Manag Early Chldh Clssrm Envir 3 ______ ______
Electives 6 ______ ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 6 ______