Signed Language Interpreting Program Class Schedule

If you are interested in taking a SIGN class at UNM in Fall 2025, and you have already taken or are currently taking SIGN 2125, please click on the Restricted Form link below, fill out the form, and submit it to us. We will email you as soon as possible if you have been accepted into a class. If you have any questions, please email sign@unm.edu. Thank you.

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For more information on courses, including required prerequisites, see the UNM Course Catalog


Schedule as of April 16, 2025

An introductory level language course in the language of the American Deaf Culture. Content includes ASL vocabulary and conversational skills; linguistic features of ASL; and skills in narrative/storytelling. In‐class activities, comprehension and expressive examinations, narrative and storytelling assignments in addition to semester projects are venues for students to demonstrate their learning. In addition, Deaf Culture and Deaf Community issues are addressed.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00350880

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Dane Smith Hall  326

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $ 10
00459991

MW  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Dane Smith Hall  223

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Brielle  M  Perea Johnson - briellepereaj@unm.edu31
Fees: $ 10
00559756

MW  4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  225

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Stephanie  A  Armijo-Anderson - armijos@unm.edu36
Fees: $ 10
00679896

TR  5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  226

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Jessica  S  Eubank - knabue93@unm.edu37
Fees: $ 10
00750884

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Mitchell Hall  202

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Amanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu33
Fees: $ 10
00879898

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  132

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Monica  R  Sower - monicap@unm.edu34
Fees: $ 10
00954402

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  225

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Monica  R  Sower - monicap@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 10
01060241

TR  3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  129

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Jillian  H  Klenck - klenckj@unm.edu31
Fees: $ 10
01150888

TR  5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  227

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Lena  K  Stavely - lena@unm.edu38
Fees: $ 10

This course will assist the student in acquiring fluent fingerspelling through the use of intense receptive and expressive drills. Lexical borrowing and the semantic and morphological categories involved in restructuring English finger spelled citation forms will be studied. Recordings of a variety of fingerspelling styles will be presented to ensure that the students acquire a comprehensive background. Students will also be recorded to allow for self-analysis of their fingerspelling skills.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00181374

MW  3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Ortega Hall  147

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu35
Fees: $ 50
00250897

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Ortega Hall  147

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu34
Fees: $ 50

Articles, videotapes, and supplemental materials will be used to demonstrate Various codes for English; these codes may be contrasted with the natural language of ASL. Periodically, students will be videotaped to aid in the analysis of their transliteration production.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00150898

MW  1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  325

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu31
Fees: $ 50

This course in American Sign Language is designed to develop the students’ receptive, expressive and conversational skills. Students will also develop narrative skills in application of these receptive and expressive skills. ASL vocabulary and linguistic features are introduced, as well as fundamental concepts about the Deaf community and culture.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00150891

MW  8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Dane Smith Hall  231

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu34
Fees: $ 50
00250892

MW  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  226

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $ 50
00350893

MWF  2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall  226

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 50

A continuation course that builds on concepts and skills developed in 2210. Students gain further exposure to ASL structure and grammar, and Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Emphasis is on increasing students’ ability to comprehend other signers and express themselves with more elaboration when conversing or presenting in ASL.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00156195

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  331

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu37
Fees: $ 50
00279899

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Social Sciences  1111

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $ 50

Designed to help students improve their expressive skills and general conversational competence in ASL relative to phonology, lexical items, syntax and discourse. Focuses on semantic appropriateness and accuracy of particular lexical items, appropriate use of non-manual behaviors and the use of context to determine meaning. This a starred (*) level course and may be taken for graduate credit by students enrolled in a graduate program. A graduate student enrolled in a starred course numbered below 500 may be required to complete extra work.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00131445

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Ortega Hall  147

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $ 50
00281482

MW  5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  331

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Roger  R  Robb - rrrobb1967@unm.edu312
Fees: $ 50

Intensive practice involving receptive/expressive skills in complex grammatical structures, dialogue and storytelling. Intensive study of transcription techniques and their applications to ASL research and documentation. Prerequisite: *310. Restriction: permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00262647

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Dane Smith Hall  231

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 50

Theory and practice of consecutive interpretation. Topics: message analysis, attention, cultural mediation, reducing interference from the source language. Equal time is spent with ASL and English texts. Prerequisite: *360. Restriction: admitted to B.S. Signed Language Interpreting and permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00134878

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center  B90

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Barbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu34
Fees: $ 50

A detailed study of current trends and practices in signed language interpreting and evaluation, along with similarities and differences between signed language and spoken language interpreting. Introduction to interpreting process models and assessment models and discussion of current research in the field of interpreting. Students will conduct a small-scale research project and participate in a debate of issues surrounding the interpreting profession. Restriction: admitted to B.S. Signed Language Interpreting degree program, permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00159684

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Mitchell Hall  216

Web Enhanced - Seminar
Amanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu310
Fees: $ 50

Supervised practicum interpreting and transliterating in a variety of community and academic settings, including elementary through post-secondary classrooms, medical situations, vocational rehabilitation, platform and television interpreting and so forth. Supervised preparation for future private practice employment. Prerequisite: *360. Restriction: admitted to B.S. Signed Language Interpreting degree program, permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00247498

TR  8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center  B90

Web Enhanced - Practice Experience
Barbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
Fees: $ 50

Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00131465Independent StudyErin  L  Wilkinson - ewilkins@unm.edu1 TO 625
00231468Independent StudyPaul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu1 TO 625
00331469Independent StudyBarbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu1 TO 625
00431470Independent StudyDawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu1 TO 625
00531471Independent StudySara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu1 TO 625
00633580Independent StudyAmanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu1 TO 625

An introductory level language course in the language of the American Deaf Culture. Content includes ASL vocabulary and conversational skills; linguistic features of ASL; and skills in narrative/storytelling. In‐class activities, comprehension and expressive examinations, narrative and storytelling assignments in addition to semester projects are venues for students to demonstrate their learning. In addition, Deaf Culture and Deaf Community issues are addressed.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00188285

MTWR  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Amanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu323
Fees: $ 10

Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00110781Independent Study Staff 1 TO 625
00210783Independent StudySherman  E  Wilcox - wilcox@unm.edu1 TO 625
00310784Independent StudyBarbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu1 TO 625
00510788Independent StudyBonnie  J  Rudy - bjrudy@unm.edu1 TO 625
00614885Independent StudyAmanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu1 TO 625

Signed languages and signing systems frequently used by deaf people are discussed. Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural information on ASL will be discussed. Focus is on ASL, signed English and fingerspelling, and the most common manually coded signed systems. In addition to the acquisition of basic vocabulary and grammar, this course emphasizes the knowledge of the characteristics, values and cultural and linguistic diversity of the Deaf Culture.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00180193

MW  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Amanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu311
Fees: $ 5
00265096

MWF  1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 327
Fees: $ 5
00365097

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Bandelier Hall East  105

Lecture
Staff 323
Fees: $ 5
00465098

MW  3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  223

Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu323
Fees: $ 5
00577026

TR  8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Dane Smith Hall  226

Lecture
Staff 328
Fees: $ 5
00665101

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 323
Fees: $ 5
00765103

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  324

Lecture
Staff 36
Fees: $ 5
00865114

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  234

Lecture
Staff 324
Fees: $ 5
00965120

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  328

Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu330
Fees: $ 5
01065121

MW  4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall  226

Lecture
Staff 328
Fees: $ 5
01165122

TR  5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall  225

Lecture
Staff 329
Fees: $ 5
01279084

MW  6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 332
Fees: $ 5
01380197

TR  3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 329
Fees: $ 5

This course will assist the student in acquiring fluent fingerspelling through the use of intense receptive and expressive drills. Lexical borrowing and the semantic and morphological categories involved in restructuring English finger spelled citation forms will be studied. Recordings of a variety of fingerspelling styles will be presented to ensure that the students acquire a comprehensive background. Students will also be recorded to allow for self-analysis of their fingerspelling skills.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00163844

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
 

Lecture
Amanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50
00278320

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 314
Fees: $ 50

This course in American Sign Language is designed to develop the students’ receptive, expressive and conversational skills. Students will also develop narrative skills in application of these receptive and expressive skills. ASL vocabulary and linguistic features are introduced, as well as fundamental concepts about the Deaf community and culture.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00165125

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50
00265126

MWF  1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50
00365127

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

A continuation course that builds on concepts and skills developed in 2210. Students gain further exposure to ASL structure and grammar, and Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Emphasis is on increasing students’ ability to comprehend other signers and express themselves with more elaboration when conversing or presenting in ASL.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00165128

MW  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50
00273295

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
 

Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

Examines linguistic research on signed languages, primarily ASL: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Also covers signed language sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition (first and second) and neurolinguistics. Restriction: permission of instructor. Graduate students should enroll in the SIGN 505 section.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00173297

MW  10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Erin  L  Wilkinson - ewilkins@unm.edu314

Designed to help students improve their expressive skills and general conversational competence in ASL relative to phonology, lexical items, syntax and discourse. Focuses on semantic appropriateness and accuracy of particular lexical items, appropriate use of non-manual behaviors and the use of context to determine meaning. This a starred (*) level course and may be taken for graduate credit by students enrolled in a graduate program. A graduate student enrolled in a starred course numbered below 500 may be required to complete extra work.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00379309

MW  1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
 

Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

Intensive practice involving receptive/expressive skills in complex grammatical structures, dialogue and storytelling. Intensive study of transcription techniques and their applications to ASL research and documentation. Prerequisite: *310. Restriction: permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00180203

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Sara  R  Roybal - roybals@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50
00379292

MW  8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Erin  L  Wilkinson - ewilkins@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

An introduction to Deaf culture. Examines the language, education, social and political aspects and art forms of Deaf people from an anthropological point of view. Restriction: permission of program coordinator. Graduate students should enroll in the SIGN552 section.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00244955

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 3

Addresses the mental processes essential to interpretation and transliteration. In addition to exercises used to develop interpreting strategies such as memory retention, message analysis, decalage, etc., the student is introduced to the interpreter's Code of Professional Conduct and business practices of the professional interpreter. Prerequisite: 2130 and 2150 and *310 and *352 and LING 2110. Restriction: permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00116211

MW  1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
 

Lecture
Dawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

Theory and practice of simultaneous interpretation. Topics: control of source-language input, team interpreting, self-monitoring and repair, preparation, providing feedback and special situations such as interpreting in medical settings. Prerequisite: 411. Restriction: admitted to B.S. Signed Language Interpreting degree program, permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00116223

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Barbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 50

Supervised practicum interpreting and transliterating in a variety of community and academic settings, including elementary through post-secondary classrooms, medical situations, vocational rehabilitation, platform and television interpreting and so forth. Supervised preparation for future private practice employment. Prerequisite: *360. Restriction: admitted to B.S. Signed Language Interpreting degree program, permission of program coordinator.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00166892

T  8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
 

Practice Experience
Barbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu1 TO 314
Fees: $ 10

Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00116243Independent StudyDawn  C  Myers - dcmd@unm.edu1 TO 625
00216247Independent StudyAmanda  D  Lujan - amandalujan@unm.edu1 TO 625
00316249Independent StudyBarbara  J  Shaffer - bshaffer@unm.edu1 TO 625
00416255Independent StudyErin  L  Wilkinson - ewilkins@unm.edu1 TO 625

Examines linguistic research on signed languages, primarily ASL: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Also covers signed language sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition (first and second) and neurolinguistics. Restriction: permission of instructor. Graduate students should enroll in the SIGN 505 section.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00181265

MW  10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Erin  L  Wilkinson - ewilkins@unm.edu35

An introduction to Deaf culture. Examines the language, education, social and political aspects and art forms of Deaf people from an anthropological point of view. Restriction: permission of program coordinator. Graduate students should enroll in the SIGN552 section.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00179289

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Paul  A  Twitchell - ptwitch@unm.edu32