Course Requirements
A new general studies curriculum was approved by the Gallaudet faculty on June 25, 2007. Students entering in Fall 2007 follow the new curriculum. An introduction to the new General Studies Curriculum is online, presented in ASL and English.
Summary of Requirements
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2006-2007
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2007-2008
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| General Studies |
60
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40
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| Pre-Major Courses |
3
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15
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| Major and Related Courses |
36
|
33
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| Free Elective Courses |
25
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32
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| TOTAL |
124
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120
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The requirements below are for students who enter during or after Fall 2007. Students who entered in previous semesters will find their requirements in the archived catalogs.
Requirements to Continue in the Major
To continue in the program, a DST major must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 in major and related courses and can have no more than one "D" in his or her major courses.
2007-2008 Course Requirements
Required pre-major courses 15 hours
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DST 101 Introduction to Deaf Studies (3)
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DST 201 Deaf Culture (3)
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HIS 111 American History I (3)
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HIS 112 American History II (3)
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SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
Required major courses 15 hours
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DST 311 Dynamics of Oppression (3)
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DST 314 Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community (3)
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DST 498 Senior Thesis (3)
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LIN 263 Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language (3)
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HIS 331 History of the American Deaf Community (3)
Elective major courses 9 hours
Choose three related courses:
- ASL 301 ASL and English: A Comparative Analysis (3)
- ASL 314 ASL Literature (3)
- DST 315 Introduction to Deaf View/Image Art (3)
- DST 316 Disability Studies (3)
- DST 401 Black Deaf People's Studies (3)
- DST 402 Deaf Women's Studies (3)
Elective non-major courses 9 hours
Choose three courses:
- ASL 480 ASL Registers (3)
- COM 430 Gender and Communication (3)
- COM 440 Intercultural Communication (3)
- COM 450 Political Communication (3)
- EDU 250 Introduction to Education and Teaching (3)
- ENG 325 The Deaf in Literature (3)
- GOV 360 Public Policy (3)
- GOV 370 Human Rights (3)
- GOV 387 Nationalism and Developing Nations (3)
- HIS 322 Cultural Geography (3)
- HIS 332 History of Mass Media and the Deaf Community (3)
- HIS 378 U.S. Women's History (3)
- HIS 380 The History of Sexuality (3)
- PSY 410 Psychology and Deaf People (3)
- PSY 448 Psycholinguistics (3)
- SOC 211 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
- SOC 225 Sociology of Deafness and Deaf People (3)
- SOC 268 Cultural Anthropology (3)
- SOC 436 Social Inequality: Race, Class and Gender (3)
- SWK 318 Human Diversity (3)
