What Is a Microcredential?
Refresh your skills, prove your relevancy to prospective employers, or make a career change!
With the ever-evolving job market, working professionals need to retain a competitive advantage. Buffalo State microcredentials are specialized areas of study that can be completed in much shorter time spans than traditional degree and certificate programs.
American Sign Language (ASL) Microcredential
The Exceptional Education and Speech-Language Pathology departments are offering a microcredential in American Sign Language to Buffalo State undergraduate students.
- Valuable transcript addition
- Marketable skills
- Grab attention of employers and graduate schools
Courses
SLP 101 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- Fall 2024 Session: August 26 - December 12, 2024
(FTF instruction; T/TH 9:25 - 10:40; 10:50 - 12:05; 1:40 - 2:55) - J-Term 2025 Session: January 6 - January 24, 2025
(Online Asynchronous Instruction) - Spring 2025 Session: January 27 - May 15, 2025
(FTF instruction; T/TH 9:25 - 10:40; 1:40 - 2:55)
SLP 201 INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- Fall 2024 Session: August 26 - December 12, 2024
(FTF instruction; T/TH 9:25 - 10:40; 1:40 - 2:55) - Spring 2025 Session: January 27 - May 15, 2025
(FTF instruction; T/TH 10:50 - 12:05)
SLP 301 ADVANCED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- Fall 2024 Session: August 26 – December 12, 2024
(FTF Instruction, Wednesdays 9:00 – 11:40 a.m.)
SLP 330 DEAF CULTURE IN AMERICA
- Spring 2025 Session: January 27 - May 15, 2025
(FTF instruction; Wednesdays 9:00 - 11:40 a.m.)
EXE 324/524 SIGN LANGUAGE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- Summer 2024 Variable Session: OL-S Instruction
(May 28 – August 9, 2024; TH 3:30 - 6:30)
