Semester Requirements
The ASL and deaf cultural studies immersion prepares students in the multi-disciplinary study of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. Open to hearing and deaf students, courses address topics in the field of ASL and deaf cultural studies, including the study of ASL and its structure, ASL literature, literature in English pertaining to the D/deaf experience, the history of D/deaf people in America and around the world, Deaf art and cinema, the experience of D/deaf people from racial, ethnic, and other minority groups, oppression in the lives of D/deaf people, and various political, legal, and educational issues affecting members of the D/deaf community.
| Course | |
|---|---|
| Electives | |
| Choose three of the following: | |
| ENGL-417 | Deaf Literature |
| FNRT-440 | Deaf Art and Cinema |
| HIST-230 | American Deaf History |
| HIST-231 | Deaf People in Global Perspective |
| HIST-330 | Deaf People and Technology |
| HIST-333 | Diversity in the Deaf Community |
| HIST-334 | Oppression in the Lives of Deaf People |
| HIST-335 | Women and the Deaf Community |
| MLAS-201 | Beginning American Sign Language I |
| MLAS-202 | Beginning American Sign Language II |
| MLAS-351 | Linguistics of American Sign Language |
| MLAS-352 | American Sign Language Literature |
| SOCI-240 | Deaf Culture in America |