Is ASL looked down upon for language requirements

[chrisski]

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I was considering taking ASL to meet my college foreign language requirements. I was wondering if medical schools look down on it because its "easy"( so I've heard) or that it isn't really a foreign language. Any insight appreciated.

 

[NotAndrew]

I was considering taking ASL to meet my college foreign language requirements. I was wondering if medical schools look down on it because its "easy"( so I've heard) or that it isn't really a foreign language. Any insight appreciated.

Since when is ASL easy?

 

[STLINI]

I think my deaf cultures professor would b**** slap you if he read this. We talked repeatedly about how hard ASL is to truly master as it has more elements to it than your average language.

 

[chrisski]

calm down. this is not my opinion, just what i've heard. in your opinion how hard is it relative to other common languages. ie french spanish

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Medical schools won't care. Take the courses you like. If you're interested in sign language, take it. Unless you become fluent (unlikely for any language if you're just fulfilling the undergrad requirement), you'll still want/need an interpreter when you practice medicine.

 

[Crazyday]

If you can become fluent in ASL, it could potentially be extremely useful in the future. A lot fewer people know ASL than say, Spanish.So I doubt it'd be looked down upon, because that lets you fill a niche that few people can.