DFST 360 - Deaf History [SOCR]

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: Yes, Odd Years Offered Other: No

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
General Education: Social Responsibility in a Diverse World (SOCR)
Prerequisites: Completion of the Written English Competency Graduation Requirement (COMP) or instructor permission.

Exploring deaf history from the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany during the eighteenth century to the present. Significant historical events, discoveries, and the history of civil movements all related to deafness are covered in this course. Topics covered are (but not limited to) education of the deaf; Martha’s Vineyard deaf history; the Congress of Milan; eugenics and deafness; the Golden Age; deaf people and WWII; technology and media deaf history.