Overview

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community of faculty and students committed to foreign language learning and cultural experience.

Sign languages have a long and rich history in the United States and across the world. ASL is the third most common language in the United States after English and Spanish. There are more than 300 different sign languages used worldwide.