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Fall 2023
Dec 21, 2024 |
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| DFST 236 - Social Justice and the Deaf Community |
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An exploration of how social justice concepts – difference, power, privilege, positionality, intersectionality, marginalization, discrimination – intersect with the lived experience of people within, and related to, the Deaf community. Students examine how attitudes and structures that prioritize hearing and speech have affected the lives of Deaf people. Students are provided with tools to develop a critical eye with which to recognize injustice and identify ways in which they can respond in alliance with the goals of the Deaf community in their future professional roles. This course is taught in American Sign Language. Students in the American Sign Language/English Interpreting concentration must pass this course with a minimum grade of C (2.0).
Prerequisites: ASGN 102 American Sign Language II with a minimum grade of C (2.0) and DFST 101 Introduction to Deaf Studies with a minimum grade of C (2.0); or permission of instructor.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent/Directed Study, Lecture World Languages Department Course Attributes: Undergraduate Level Course Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Non-Matriculated May not be assigned one of the following Student Attributes: DGCE Student |
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