Note: The schedule below reflects our best efforts to find all deaf-related classes offered locally. Please contact individual schools to confirm their offerings and find other classes not listed below.
ASL (American Sign Language) = the primary means of communication among culturally Deaf people
SEE (Signing Exact English) = a system that parallels spoken or written English
INTERPRETING = the skill required to translate from spoken English to Sign Language, and from Sign Language to spoken English
DEAF CULTURE = an academic course which examines characteristics of the Deaf Community
DEAF EDUCATION = teacher credential courses which focus on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO - UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
- San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
415/338-1161 V
Classes: ASL I, II, III (for credit)
see Department of Special Education
www.sfsu.edu
- City College of San Francisco (Phelan Campus)
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112
415/452-7241 V
Classes: ASL 1A, 1B (for credit)
see American Sign Language
www.ccsf.org or contact by e-mail
- City College of San Francisco
(San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center)
1800 Market St., Room 304
San Francisco, CA 94112
415/701-2878 V
Classes: ASL I (no credit)
see Disabled Students Programs & Services
www.ccsf.org
- City College of San Francisco (Downtown Campus)
800 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415/267-6500 V
Classes: ASL I (no credit)
see Disabled Students Programs & Services
www.ccsf.org
- City College of San Francisco
Mission Campus
1125 Valencia St., Room 254
San Francisco, CA 94110
Classes: ASL I (no credit)
see Disabled Students Programs & Services
www.ccsf.org
NORTH BAY - COLLEGES
- College of Marin
835 College Avenue
Kentfield, CA 94904
415/457-8811 V
Classes: ASL I
see American Sign Language
www.marin.cc.ca.us
- Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-4395
1-800-564-7752 Toll free outside Santa Rosa
707/527-4011 V
707/528-2442 TTY/TDD
Classes: ASL 1, 2; Introduction to the Sign Language Interpreting Profession; Pre-Interpreting Skills for Interpreters: Comparative Linguistics ASL/English (for credit)
see American Sign Language
www.santarosa.edu
EAST BAY - UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
- Berkeley City College
2050 Center St.
Berkeley, CA 94704
510/981-3872 V
510/981-2865 TTY
Classes: Classes: ASL I, II, III, IV; History & Culture; Structure of ASL; Fingerspelling and Numbers; ASL Field Experience (for credit)
see Berkeley City College, American Sign Language
http://web.peralta.edu or contact by e-mail
- California State University, East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94542
510/885-3000 V
Classes: Elementary + Intermediate ASL I, II, III; Deaf Culture; Topics in ASL; Sign Language Field Work (for credit)
see Modern Languages & Literature
www.csueastbay.edu
- Chabot College
25555 Hesperian Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545
510/723-6600 V
Classes: ASL I, II
see Sign Language
www.chabotcollege.edu
- Diablo Valley College
321 Golf Club Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-1529
925/685-1230 V
925/682-0340 TTY
Classes: ASL I, II, III (for credit)
see Sign Language
www.dvc.edu
- Los Medanos Community College
2700 East Leland Road
Pittsburg, CA 94565
925/439-2181 V
Classes: ASL I, II, III, IV; Fingerspelling I, II (for credit)
see Sign Language
www.losmedanos.net
- Ohlone College
43600 Mission Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94539-0390
510/659-6269 V/TTY
510/659-6032 Fax
Classes: ASL I, II, III, IV; Conversational ASL I, II; Deaf Culture; Deaf Education; Deaf History; Advanced Fingerspelling; ASL Vocabulary; Classifiers in ASL; Linguistics of ASL; ASL Fieldwork; Workshop in Basic ASL; Intermediate ASL for Parents (for credit)
see Subject: ASL - American Sign Language
www.ohlone.edu
EAST BAY - ADULT EDUCATION
- West Contra Costa Adult Education
6028 Ralston Avenue
Richmond, CA 94805-1202
510/215-4666 V
Classes: ASL I, II (no credit)
see Languages
www.wccae.info
SOUTH BAY - UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
- San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0135
408/924-3784 TTY (ASL info during office hours: TR)
Classes: ASL I, II, III (for credit)
see Online Class Schedule,
click on Special Education,
look under EDSE prefix for ASL [014A, 014B, 114A, 114B]
www.sjsu.edu
- De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014-5702
408/864-5678 V
Classes: ASL I, II (for credit)
see Sign Language (SIGN)
www.deanza.fhda.edu
- Evergreen Valley College
3095 Yerba Buena Road
San Jose, CA 95135
408/274-7900 V
Classes: ASL I (for credit)
see Sign Language (SL)
www.evc.edu
- San Jose City College
2100 Moorpark Ave
San Jose, CA 95128-2799
408/298-2191 V
Classes: ASL 1, 2; Deaf Culture; Directed Study;
Supervised Laboratory (for credit)
see Sign Language (SL)
www.sjcc.edu
- West Valley College
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070-5698
408/867-2200 V
408/741-2688 TTY
Classes: ASL I (for credit)
see SL - Sign Language
www.westvalley.edu
PENINSULA - COLLEGES
- Skyline College
3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-1698
650/738-4100 V
Classes: ASL I (for credit)
see American Sign Language
www.skylinecollege.net
- College of San Mateo
1700 West Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402-3784
650/574-6161 V
Classes: ASL I, II
collegeofsanmateo.edu
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- California State University, East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94542
510/885-3233 V (Dept. Communicative Sciences and Disorders)
510/885-2186 Fax (Dept. Communicative Sciences and Disorders) Degree Programs: B.S./M.S. - Speech Pathology/Audiology
www.csueastbay.edu
- San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
415/338-1161 V (Dept. of Special Education)
415/338-0566 Fax (Dept. of Special Education)
Degree Programs:
College of Education, Dept. of Special Education
Education Specialist Credentials, Level I and Level II
M.A. in Special Education, Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Ph.D. in Education: Concentration in Special Education (Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
www.sfsu.edu
- San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0135
408/924-3700 V (Dept. of Special Education)
408/924-3782 TTY (Dept. of Special Education)
408/924-3713 Fax (Dept. of Special Education)
Degree Program: Credential, Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.sjsu.edu
For further information or to tell us about classes we are not aware of, please contact the Library's Deaf Services Center at 557-4433 TTY, 557-4434 V, 557-4531 Fax, or by email.
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