University of Washington ASL and Deaf Studies Minor Program

All ASL students are REQUIRED to use this form below to type their DH report to receive DH credit, extra credit, and participation make up. Download the form and type in your details and report. You may make it longer than one page as necessary.

You are required to attend or participate in at least two different deaf events / activities in Deaf community for a total of 5 hours per quarter. Download the “Deaf Hours” form from the ASL program web on UW Catalyst and type in (don’t write please) your essential information and report in 12 pt. Arial font and double space. At least 250 words are required.

All events have different language and culture contents and settings for your experience. Therefore, each event has different hour values you can claim according to the time length you have spend on. You must do different events / activities for this quarter. However, you may repeat any event or activity listed below ONLY for extra credit hours.

Maximum hours claim allowed for Deaf Contact:
Up to one hour:
Any Interpreted Events
Deaf Culture Website Summary Report
Deaf Culture Topical Research (audism, Deaf culture, Deaf arts, etc.)

Up to two hours:
Watching Deaf culture movies, video, or TV shows.
UW Sign Lunch
UW ASL Club Participation

Up to three hours:
Chat with Deaf people
Watch ASL Vlogs
Book Report Summary & Reflection

**Special Four hours credit: “UW ASL Club Deaf Community Service Project”
(you can also count four more hours for extra credit)
• Teamwork of two or more required for a project.
• Must be done through UW ASL Club (approved by president and represent the club)
• Must be approved by the teacher.
• You cannot claim 2 hours for “UW ASL Club Participation”. (No “double dipping”)
• No less than two pages report required for each person in the team.
• It has to benefit the Deaf community in culture level, not medical level.

ASL students may read Book Report for Deaf Hours. See attached below for approved Deaf culture books. You are required to use the Deaf Hour form and type at least three pages long, double spaced. Three (3) Deaf Hours for book report may be claimed per quarter. You may look for these approved books in UW library, and online library loan through Washington School for the Deaf at http://library.wsdsonline.org/, or as a final resort, borrow from ASL program.

Attached list below can be used as your guide to videos or movies for Deaf Culture Hour. Check the approved list first. If there is a movie not on the list, check the next list, the Disapproved list before contacting your teacher for approval. All videos and movies to be counted for Deaf Hour must be related to Deaf Culture Experience outside of class. Up to two (2) Deaf Hours for this activity may be claimed per quarter.

We cannot guarantee the location, day and time below. This is the best information we have as of September 30, 2011. Please email me any new revisions with location, day and time so that I can update this directory. Note: This directory is open to the public.
PLEASE DIRECT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO THE CONTACT PERSONS BELOW.

Thanks,
Lance Forshay and the UW ASL Club.

We allow Deaf Contact Hours for religious events. However, we encourage students to meet and socialize with Deaf people instead of sitting and observing. Most Ministries listed in this directory are interpreted services and we only allow up to one hour Deaf Contact per quarter for observing interpreters because it doesn't qualify as "Deaf experience".