Undergraduate Catalog

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

Summary of Requirements

2024-2025
Core Curriculum
43
Major and Related Courses 45
Free Elective Courses 32
TOTAL 120

Required major courses 45 credits

ASL 270ASL and English: Comparative Analysis

3

DST 101Introduction to Deaf Studies

3

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 401Black Deaf People's Studies

3

DST 402Deaf Women's Studies

3

DST 410Multicultural Deaf Lives (Topic to be specified)

3

DST 497Deaf Studies Senior Thesis I

3

DST 498Deaf Studies Senior Thesis II

3

HIS 331History of the American Deaf Community

3

LIN 101Sign Language & Sign Systems

3

LIN 263Introduction 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