B.A. in Deaf Studies
Summary of Requirements
|
2023-2024 |
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 credits
| DST 101 | Introduction to Deaf Studies | 3 |
| LIN 101 | Sign Language & Sign Systems | 3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Required Deaf Studies major courses 36 credits
| DST 203 | Introduction to Cultural Studies | 3 |
| DST 204 | Deaf Culture | 3 |
| DST 311 | Dynamics of Oppression | 3 |
| DST 314 | Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community | 3 |
| DST 316 | Disability Studies | 3 |
| DST 320 | Internship I | 3 |
| DST 401 | Black Deaf People's Studies | 3 |
| DST 402 | Deaf Women's Studies | 3 |
| DST 497 | Deaf Studies Senior Thesis I | 3 |
| DST 498 | Deaf Studies Senior Thesis II | 3 |
| HIS 331 | History of the American Deaf Community | 3 |
| LIN 263 | Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language | 3 |
Required related courses 9 credits
Choose three courses:
| ASL 270 | ASL and English: Comparative Analysis | 3 |
| ASL 290 | Visual Language Resource Development | 3 |
| ASL 314 | American Sign Language Literature: Narratives | 3 |
| ASL 380 | ASL Elocution: Applications | 3 |
| ASL 390 | Discourse Features in ASL | 3 |
| COM 430 | Gender and Communication | 3 |
| COM 440 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COM 450 | Political Communication | 3 |
| DST 210 | Gallaudet Alumni Relations | 3 |
| DST 315 | Introduction to Deaf View/Image Art | 3 |
| DST 410 | Multicultural Deaf Lives (Topic to be specified) | 3 |
| DST 495 | Special Topics | 1-5 |
| DST 595 | Special Topics | 3 |
| EDU 250 | Introduction to Education and Teaching | 3 |
| ENG 325 | Introduction to Deaf Literature | 3-4 |
| GOV 360 | Public Policy | 3 |
| GOV 370 | Human Rights | 3 |
| HIS 287 | Research Methods in History | 3 |
| HIS 322 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| HIS 332 | History of Mass Media and the Deaf Community | 3 |
| HIS 333 | History of Disability in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIS 340 | Nineteenth Century American Deaf History | 3 |
| HIS 378 | U.S. Women's History | 3 |
| HIS 380 | The History of Sexuality | 3 |
| HIS 381 | Gay & Lesbian History | 3 |
| HIS 400 | Deaf Women's History | 3 |
| PHI 450 | Bioethics and the Deaf Community | 3 |
| PSY 270 | Psychology and Deaf People | 3 |
| PSY 448 | Psycholinguistics | 3 |
| SOC 211 | Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SOC 225 | Sociology of Deafness and Deaf People | 3 |
| SOC 250 | Gender and Society | 3 |
| SOC 268 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| SOC 313 | Work and Globalization | 3 |
| SOC 318 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 436 | Social Inequality: Race, Class and Gender | 3 |
| SWK 318 | Human 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.