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For the love of language: American Sign Language popularity surges at colleges

By Staff Report May 16, 2013 1 min read

For the love of language Illustration by Lin Parker

LEARN TO SIGN

Here is a list of local colleges and whether they have regular courses in American Sign Language.

* UTC — Doesn’t offer regular, for-credit courses.

* Chattanooga State Community College — Offers several levels of sign language courses.

* Tennessee Temple University — Offers a bachelor of science degree in sign language interpreting and a minor in deaf studies.

* The University of Tennessee — Offers the Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teacher Preparation Program for a bachelor’s degree; also has the Educational Interpreting Program, which has 36 credits hours of course work.

* Cleveland State Community College — Doesn’t offer regular, for-credit courses.

* Dalton State College — Doesn’t offer regular, for-credit courses.

Source: College officials and websites