Semester Requirements
Matt Searls, Minor Adviser
(585) 286-4657, jmsdhd@rit.edu
Cindy Sanders, Minor Adviser
(585) 286-5149, casnss@rit.edu
The Deaf cultural studies minor offers students the opportunity to engage in a focused program of study in the emerging field of Deaf cultural studies. Students may pursue the minor regardless of their level of proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL), and any ASL or Deaf culture course, except for ASL I, can be applied toward the minor. ASL I, or equivalent skills, is a prerequisite for individuals who are not qualified to enroll in ASL II to begin the sequence. Students must have completed ASL III, be fluent in ASL, and/or have approval of the instructor to enroll in American Sign Language Literature or Linguistics of American Sign Language, both of which are taught in ASL.
Required Courses:
For students who are not proficient in ASL:
MLAS-201 Beginning American Sign Language I
MLAS-202 Beginning American Sign Language II
For students who are proficient in ASL—Choose one of the following:
MLAS-450 Linguistics of American Sign Language
MLAS-451 American Sign Language Literature
Electives—Choose three or four 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-450 Linguistics of American Sign Language
MLAS-451 American Sign Language Literature
SOCI-240 Deaf Culture in America
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The Deaf cultural studies minor offers students the opportunity to engage in a focused program of study in the emerging field of Deaf cultural studies. Students may pursue the minor regardless of their level of proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL), and any ASL or Deaf culture course, except for ASL I, can be applied toward the minor. ASL I, or equivalent skills, is a prerequisite for individuals who are not qualified to enroll in ASL II to begin the sequence. Students must have completed ASL III, be fluent in ASL, and/or have approval of the instructor to enroll in American Sign Language Literature or Linguistics of American Sign Language, both of which are taught in ASL.
Prerequisite
0525-390 Beginning American Sign Language I
Required Course—Choose one of the following:
0525-391 American Sign Language II
0525-385 Linguistics of American Sign Language
0525-386 American Sign Language Literature
Electives—Choose four of the following:
0525-392 American Sign Language III
0504-545 Deaf American Literature
0505-479 Special Topics: Deaf Art and Cinema
0507-463 American Deaf History
0507-476 Diversity in the Deaf Community
0507-477 Oppression in Lives of Deaf People
0515-529 Deaf Culture in America