The Program enables students to gain a mastery of American Sign Language and thus gain access to the community and culture of Deaf America, as well as gain insights into features of spoken languages that are often taken for granted. Not only does learning a modally different language give students a sense of the power of language, but it enables students to experience firsthand the principles underlying the spatial organization of discourse required by signed languages. This has a profound impact in understanding how language shapes one’s world.

- If English is not your native language, you should submit official test results for one of the following English language proficiency tests: TOEFL iBT (CEEB Code: 3667), IELTS Academic, PTE Academic, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency - Whether you’ll graduate with an American high school diploma, the IB Diploma, or another internationally recognized school leaving qualification, you will be expected (prior to enrolling) to complete a secondary education program which enables you to apply to university in your own country