Resolution 04-17: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
| Number | 04-17 |
| Description | ASL count as Foreign Language credit |
| Authored by |
Rusty Summer |
| Sponsored by |
Richie Stuart |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, October 5, 2004 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - ASL is not technically a foreign language. Funding for the instructor is an issue, as is qualificaitons - finding someone with 15 hours of graduate work beyond a Bachelor's. |
| Whereas | There are many students currently registered with the Office for Students with Disabilities at UTA; and |
| Whereas | Many of these students' majors require that they complete a certain number of "foreign language" credit hours in order to graduate; and |
| Whereas | For hearing impaired students it is not feasible to take regular foreign language classes, for many obvious (and some not-so-obvious) reasons; and |
| Whereas | UTA does not currently accept ASL (American Sign Language) as a legitimate foreign language credit. Hearing impaired students face quite a predicament in this area; and |
| Whereas | The student body at UTA would be benefited tremendously if the university were to offer foreign language courses which are reasonable for students with disabilities (such as hearing impairment). |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA offers American Sign Language classes; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | American Sign Language count for foreign language credits at UTA. |