A historical analysis of change and continuity in educational history from colonial through contemporary America. Special emphasis will be given to the development of the field of Deaf education in the United States. Lectures, seminar discussions, and readings offer comprehensive coverage of the salient intellectual themes.

This is the second course in the developmental English language sequence at the AOS level offered at NTID. Students will continue their journey toward becoming more proficient in the literacy skills that are necessary for success in a career-focused associate degree program at NTID. Topics in this course provide the context in which students review the basic components of English sentences, begin to develop skills for comprehending and using complex sentence elements, increase their English content word vocabulary to about 5000 words, learn to use independent reading strategies, and develop skills for writing paragraphs and longer compositions at a functional level of communication. Upon successful completion of this course, students will continue their reading and writing skill development in NENG-115 Literacies III.

This is the third course in the developmental English language sequence at the AOS level offered at NTID. Students will continue to develop their reading and writing skills to become more proficient in the literacy skills necessary for success in a career-focused associate degree program at NTID. Topics in this course provide the context in which students comprehend and use additional complex English sentence elements, increase their content word vocabulary to about 6000 words, evaluate reading tasks to select appropriate reading strategies, and expand their skills for writing paragraphs and longer compositions at a functional level of written communication.