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B.A. in Deaf Studies for Online Degree Completion Program

Summary of Requirements


2025-2026
Core Curriculum
 43
Major and Related Courses 45
Free Elective Courses 32
TOTAL 120

Required major courses 45 credits

ASL 270/PST 322ASL and English: Comparative Analysis

3
DST 101/PST 200Introduction to Deaf Studies

3
DST 203/PST 201Introduction to Cultural Studies

3
DST 204/PST 205Deaf Culture

3
DST 311/PST 203Dynamics of Oppression

3
DST 314/PST 204Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community

3
DST 316/PST 210Disability Studies

3
DST 401/PST 212Black Deaf People's Studies

3
DST 402/PST 211Deaf Women's Studies

3
DST 410/PST 206Multicultural Deaf Lives (Topic to be specified)

3
DST 497Deaf Studies Senior Thesis I

3
DST 498Deaf Studies Senior Thesis II

3
HIS 331/PST 207History of the American Deaf Community

3
LIN 101/PST 374Sign Language & Sign Systems

3
LIN 263/PST 361Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language

3

DST 410: Topic to be specified

 

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