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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Listings

SUNY Oneonta offers students more than 1,400 courses—from Accounting to Zoology—from over 25 separate departments. Requirements for majors and minors and course descriptions are listed under the departments that offer them, and these departments are arranged in alphabetical order.

Please note that requirements, courses, and course descriptions are subject to change after publication of this catalog. Contact the appropriate departments for updated information. 

Key to Course Listings

Abbreviation   Meaning
(LA)   Liberal Arts (course is a Liberal Arts offering)
OCS   Oral Communication Skills
SUSF   Sustainability Focused Courses
s.h.   Semester Hour(s)
SoS   Sophomore standing
JrS   Junior standing
SrS   Senior standing

Course Numbering System

001 - 099   No credit; usually developmental in nature.
100 - 199   Lower-division undergraduate-level courses.
200 - 299   Upper-division intermediate undergraduate-level courses.
300 - 399   Upper-division advanced courses.
500 - 699   Graduate-level courses.
 

American Sign Language
  

  • ASL 101 - Introduction to American Sign Language I 3 s.h.

    Intro American Sign Language I is designed to simulate a “Deaf Community.”  The objective of this course is to attain a receptive and expressive understanding of the basic concepts of ASL. Specific topics of study will consist of sentences with predicate adjectives, use of third-person pronouns, sentences with verbs, sentences with pronouns and nouns, negative statements, negative questions, yes/no questions, sentences using past, present and future tense indicators, sentences using object-subject-verb structure, directional verbs, facial grammar, surrogating, markers, classifiers, quantifiers, vocabulary, fingerspelling and visual aspects that encompass the language. Students will also acquire and demonstrate their understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every semester. 
    LA
    FL3
  

  • ASL 102 - Introduction to American Sign Language II 3 s.h.

    Intro American Sign Lang II will scaffold on the concepts acquired in Intro American Sign Language I.  This course will continue to simulate a “Deaf Community” via student usage of ASL and other various aspects that make up Deaf Culture.  Throughout this course students will further their attainment of receptive and expressive understanding of additional basic concepts of ASL.  Additional concepts to be covered will consist of imperatives, plurals, using numbers with time/age/objects, personal pronouns incorporating numbers, use of SELF as a personal or reflexive pronoun, noun-verb pairs, using subject as topic, sentences with modals, use of HERE/THERE or THIS/THAT, verbs that incorporate location, FINISH as a conjunction, existential HAVE, facial grammar, surrogating, markers, classifiers, quantifiers, vocabulary, fingerspelling and visual aspects that encompass the language. Students will also continue to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Spring. 
    LA
    FL3
    Prerequisite(s): ASL 101 .
  

  • ASL 103 - Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 s.h.

    Intermediate American Sign Language I will scaffold on the concepts acquired in Intro American Sign Language II.  This course will continue to simulate a “Deaf Community” via student usage of ASL and other various aspects that make up Deaf Culture. This is an intermediate level language course in Fingerspelling and American Sign Language. It will include among other aspects the study of hand location, rhythm, cultural loan signs, and the use of numbers in relation to context. Attention will be paid to theory and grammatical concepts as well as conversational fluency and aspects of Deaf culture. Students will also continue to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Fall. 
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): ASL 101  and ASL 102 .