CSD 5340 - American Deaf Community, Culture and History

This is the first course in the Teaching ASL certification sequence. Students will build on their knowledge of deaf culture, and social, cultural and educational issues previously covered in three prerequisite courses as they relate to the deaf and hard-of-hearing population. Medical and cultural models of deafness will be further explored and discussed. Various socio-cultural aspects affecting the lives of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the spheres of family, education, communication and identity will be studied using medical and cultural models of deafness. In addition, sign vocabulary building and ASL language development specific to structure will continue.