SIGN at Brown University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SIGN coursework.

• SIGN 0200American Sign Language I, IIopens 6 courses (1 directly)
• SIGN 0300American Sign Language IIIopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• SIGN 0400American Sign Language IVopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• SIGN 0500American Sign Language Vopens 3 courses (3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SIGN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 8 SIGN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more SIGN course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SIGN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at SIGN 0600

  1. SIGN 0100American Sign Language I, II
  2. SIGN 0200American Sign Language I, II
  3. SIGN 0300American Sign Language III
  4. SIGN 0400American Sign Language IV
  5. SIGN 0500American Sign Language V
  6. SIGN 0600American Sign Language VI

Grade medians

Teaching in Spring 2027

Instructors on SIGN sections in Spring 2027, from the registrar's schedule.

• Heather Nowicki
• Robert Martin
• Timothy Riker

Brown professor board

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SIGN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SIGN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Brown campus feed.