This course will offer a beginning level of Russian Sign Language (RSL). Students are required to have at least intermediate level of ASL skills. In this course, students will learn basic vocabulary, alphabet, numbers, and grammatical aspects of RSL, which they will compare with those of ASL. In addition, they will learn about Russian culture, traditions, norms, and values along with Russian deaf culture and compare those with the general U.S. culture and Deaf culture of the United States. Students will also learn how to write some basic words in Russian language.