Undergraduate Catalog

B.A. in Deaf Studies

Summary of Requirements


2022-2023
Core Curriculum
43
Pre-Major Courses 15
Major and Related Courses 48-51
Free Elective Courses 11-14
TOTAL 120

Required pre-major courses 9 hours

DST 101Introduction to Deaf Studies

3

LIN 101Sign Language & Sign Systems

3

SOC 101Introduction to Sociology

3

Required Deaf Studies major courses 36 hours

DST 203Introduction to Cultural Studies

3

DST 204Deaf Culture

3

DST 311Dynamics of Oppression

3

DST 314Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community

3

DST 316Disability Studies

3

DST 320Internship I

3

DST 401Black Deaf People's Studies

3

DST 402Deaf Women's Studies

3

DST 497Deaf Studies Senior Thesis I

3

DST 498Deaf Studies Senior Thesis II

3

HIS 331History of the American Deaf Community

3

LIN 263Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language

3

Required related courses 9 hours

Choose three courses:

ASL 270ASL and English: Comparative Analysis

3

ASL 290Visual Language Resource Development

3

ASL 314American Sign Language Literature: Narratives

3

ASL 380ASL Elocution: Applications

3

ASL 390Discourse Features in ASL

3

COM 430Gender and Communication

3

COM 440Intercultural Communication

3

COM 450Political Communication

3

DST 210Gallaudet Alumni Relations

3

DST 315Introduction to Deaf View/Image Art

3

DST 410Multicultural Deaf Lives (Topic to be specified)

3

DST 495Special Topics

1-5

DST 595Special Topics

3

EDU 250Introduction to Education and Teaching

3

ENG 325Introduction to Deaf Literature

3-4

GOV 360Public Policy

3

GOV 370Human Rights

3

HIS 287Research Methods in History

3

HIS 322Cultural Geography

3

HIS 332History of Mass Media and the Deaf Community

3

HIS 333History of Disability in the U.S.

3

HIS 340Nineteenth Century American Deaf History

3

HIS 378U.S. Women's History

3

HIS 380The History of Sexuality

3

HIS 381Gay & Lesbian History

3

HIS 400Deaf Women's History

3

PHI 450Bioethics and the Deaf Community

3

PSY 270Psychology and Deaf People

3

PSY 448Psycholinguistics

3

SOC 211Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SOC 225Sociology of Deafness and Deaf People

3

SOC 250Gender and Society

3

SOC 268Cultural Anthropology

3

SOC 313Work and Globalization

3

SOC 318Medical Sociology

3

SOC 436Social Inequality: Race, Class and Gender

3

SWK 318Human Diversity

3

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of the multiplicity of deaf people's lives within the United States and internationally.

 

Engage in critical inquiry into changing ideological construction of deaf people, sign language, and normalcy from cultural, geographical, sociological and human rights perspectives.

 

Develop research skills to produce and to present effective written and signed research projects using various media in academic discourse related to the interdisciplinary field of Deaf Studies, incorporating principles of academic integrity.

 

Subject:

Deaf Studies