American Sign Language
Blinn’s Associate of Arts in Foreign Language – American Sign Language is available on the Bryan Campus. This 60-credit hour associate degree program includes 14 hours of concentration in American Sign Language. Through the program, students gain understanding of deaf culture and American Sign Language grammatical structures in the United States. Students also learn to effectively utilize receptively and expressively skills in American Sign Language to communicate within the deaf community. The program focuses on communication through the study of deaf culture and ASL grammatical structures.
Why Choose Blinn?
American Sign Language is the dominant language of the deaf community in the United States and is used by 250,000-500,000 people nationwide.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national demand for interpreters and translators is expected to grow 24% between 2020 and 2030, with a median pay of $52,330 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Houston/The Woodlands/Sugar Land area ranks fourth in the nation in the employment of interpreters with 2,520 employed in the region.
Blinn American Sign Language courses transfer to Lamar University and other four-year institutions.