SGN* 105: Deaf Culture and History

3 Credits
This course introduces students to Deaf people as a cultural linguistic minority group. Students may or may not have had prior experience with Deaf people. It examines the values, norms, and traditions of Deaf people in North America. It emphasizes myths surrounding deafness, the historical treatment of deafness and Deaf people, the anatomy of the ear and the etiology of hearing loss, the education of deaf children, the deaf identity, legislation that affects the Deaf and hard of hearing population, interpreters and their work between cultures, deaf-blindness, and current controversies in technology and education. Although this course focuses on Deaf people in the western world, global comparisons are drawn.
Prerequisites: None
Offered: Fall