American Sign Language

ASL is available to students of all five of our campuses and through the Center for World Languages.

American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the fastest growing languages in U.S. higher education and is now the third most-commonly studied language behind French and Spanish. At Five Colleges, ASL is offered through a partnership between the Five College Center for World Languages, the UMass Amherst Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and the four member colleges. Students who complete the introductory and intermediate course sequence at UMass then apply to continue their studies through the Center's ASL program.

Courses

Note that if you don't see classes from all campuses currently listed, they will appear as the campuses release their course schedules for the semester. The five campuses release their schedules on different dates. Visit this page for specific dates.

Fall 2025 American Sign Language Courses

Subject	Course #	Sect #	Course Title	Instructor(s)	Institution	Meeting Times
Subject FORLANGC	Course # 151AS	Sect # 01	Course Title Advanced ASL A	Instructor(s) Anca Holden,Janna White,Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 01	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 02	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 03	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 04	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 05	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 110	Sect # 06	Course Title American Sign Language I	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 230	Sect # 01	Course Title American Sign Language III	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
Subject SLHS	Course # 230	Sect # 02	Course Title American Sign Language III	Instructor(s) Dana Hoover	Institution UMass Amherst	Meeting Times TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM