I would like to know if anyone knows any good colleges preferable on the east coast for ASL. I don’t know if i want to be a interpreter or a teacher.
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I would like to know if anyone knows any good colleges preferable on the east coast for ASL. I don’t know if i want to be a interpreter or a teacher.
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Galludet University in DC is the country’s premiere college for the deaf. It’s a bilingual campus (English/ASL) with hearing students as a small minority, so you’d definitely learn the language there.
On the east coast – Gallaudet, as the first poster mentioned. It’s a very good liberal arts college, and it’s primarily for Deaf and hard of hearing students. It also welcomes hearing students who want to study Deaf culture and language.
The Rochester Institute of Technology is another possibility. They have large numbers of Deaf students on campus, as they are the home of the National Technical Institute of the Deaf.
A further advantage to schools like this, which have large Deaf populations, is that you’ll be able to interact with native ASL speakers.
If you don’t mind the west coast, look at Cal State Northridge.
Unless you are already basically fluent, Gallaudet won’t accept you. You can still take ASL classes if you are in the DC area, but their HUG (Hearing Undergraduate) program is very strict and does not accept people who are trying to learn ASL.
As far as other colleges go… RIT (as someone mentioned) has a large number of Deaf students, and hosts NTID. The University of Rochester has a great ASL program, though fewer (if any) Deaf students. Boston University has a large Deaf studies department. I believe Bloomsburg University (in PA) has a decent interpreting department, too.
Look for Deaf Studies departments, or interpretation departments.