Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• WED DE 507: Dynamics of Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice within Deaf Communities
  SJ IN DS
• WED DE 531: Early Language and Social Learning in Deaf Children
  This course introduces students to the role of social interaction in early language learning among deaf children through flexible and individualized approaches to education. Students will learn about milestones in American Sign Language acquisition, and how to design early childhood classroom environments to support early learning.
• WED DE 532: Disability Studies and Deaf Education
  DIS. STUDIES
• WED DE 533: Social Psychology and the Deaf World
  PSYCH & DEAF
• WED DE 534: Sign Language Structure
  ASL STRUCTURE
• WED DE 535: Teaching ASL as a First Language
  This methods course prepares students to design programming and teach ASL as a first language. Topics include vocabulary development, composition, comprehension, grammar, and understanding the foundations of literacy.
• WED DE 550: History and Culture of the Deaf
  Analysis and discussion of the historical and cultural aspects of the Deaf; the influence of geographic, cultural, educational, and economic forces on Deaf people; and the patterns of social change during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Introduces students to specific cultural and historical experiences and acquaints them with literature in the field. 4 cr.
• WED DE 552: Seminar: Selected Topics in Deaf Studies
  Topics pertinent to current cultural and educational issues concerning Deaf adults and children. Children's literature, development of services for and by the Deaf (locally, nationally, internationally); the professions: law, medicine, and education, and their effects on society's view of the Deaf; aging and the Deaf. In-depth discussion and contact with professionals in these areas. 4 cr.
• WED DE 553: Introduction to Counseling Deaf Individuals
  Introduction to the theory and practice of counseling Deaf children, adolescents, and adults.
• WED DE 554: Field Experience: Deaf Studies
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of program coordinator. - Students work in an agency providing services to Deaf people for a minimum of one day per week. Supervision maintained in cooperation with the staff of the Deaf Studies Program and agency personnel. Specific placement depends on students' interests in particular setting or area. Instructor permission required. Var cr.
• WED DE 561: Pre-Practicum: Initial Strategies
  PREPRAC:IN STRA
• WED DE 562: Practicum: Deaf Students with Disabilities
  Explores strategies for educating learners who are DeafDisabled. Students explore the different presentations of these learners and how that variety impacts teachers' preparation and practice.
• WED DE 563: Practicum: BRIDGES
  This is a methods course about designing programming and applying strategies for teaching ASL as a first language. Topics include vocabulary development, composition, comprehension, grammar, and understanding the foundations of literacy. We will consider the range of language, developmental, and academic levels that characterize Deaf education classrooms.
• WED DE 564: PRAC: DEAF ED
  PRAC: DEAF ED
• WED DE 581: American Sign Language I
  Introduces American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Culture, focusing on frequently used signs, basic rules of grammar, non-manual aspects of ASL, introductory fingerspelling, and some cultural features of the Deaf community. 4cr.
• WED DE 582: American Sign Language II
  This is the second level of American Sign Language (ASL). It is designed for the further development of students' proficiency in ASL, focusing on somewhat less frequently used signs, more complex lexical and grammatical structures, and more advanced conversational skills. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Oral and/or Signed Communication. 4cr. Prereq: SED DE 381/581. 4 cr.
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  • The Individual in Community
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
• WED DE 583: American Sign Language III
  An intermediate course designed for students who have completed a minimum of ASL 2 offers a more in-depth exposure to ASL with an emphasis on receptive and expressive skills. This course will present further exposure to more sophisticated dialogues, vocabulary, acquiring ASL expressions, proficiency in ASL grammar and basic ASL discourse as well as register forms, pragmatics, and storytelling. Prereq: SED DE 382/582. 4 cr.
• WED DE 584: American Sign Language IV
  An advanced course designed for students who have completed a minimum of American Sign Language 3. ASL 4 offers a more in-depth discussion in ASL with an emphasis on receptive and expressive skills. This course will present further exposure to more sophisticated dialogues, vocabulary, acquiring ASL expressions, proficiency in ASL grammar and basic ASL discourse as well as register forms, pragmatics, and storytelling. Prereq: SED DE 383/583. 4 cr.
• WED DE 585: Applied ASL
  Open to students who have completed two years of ASL who are ready for advanced language training. This course will focus on the production, analysis, and evaluation of advanced vocabulary, syntax and register variation in ASL. 4cr, either sem.
• WED DE 586: Academic ASL
  Focus on academic ASL in the bilingual teaching of content areas (English, Language Arts, History, Mathematics, Science) paying special attention to concepts vocabulary and terminology that commonly appear in the content areas. 4 cr.