ASL 116  Syllabus

Course Syllabus:  ASL 116-Introduction to Deaf Studies

Meet Your Instructor:

Instructor Name: Diane Gamache

Email: gamache_diane@sac.edu

Office Location: D-422

Office Hours: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Contact Preferences: By email.  Give me 24-48 hours to respond back during the week.

Course Description:

This is an introductory course exploring the cultural, educational, linguistic, and audiological experiences of people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and late-deafened in America. Students will be exposed to historical and current perspectives in trends, philosophies, ideologies, and the deaf community as a subculture of American Society.

Textbook Information: 

Holcomb, Thomas, K. (2013) Introduction to American Deaf Culture New York, New York: Oxford University Press

Student Learning Objectives: 

• Understand culture in general
• Acknowledge Deaf culture and community
• Identify the basic values and beliefs of Deaf culture
• Discuss various current issues in the Deaf community
• Recognize the historical evolution of Deaf America
• Begin to understand the lives of those in the Deaf community