CENTER FOR CONTINUING AND ONLINE EDUCATION
FALL 2023 ONLINE COURSES

Accounting

Financial Accounting II (3 credits)

Course Description

As the second part of the introduction to Financial Accounting, this course provides detailed coverage of long-term liabilities, long-lived assets, stockholder's equity, investments, cash flows, and financial statement analysis. Special topics such as payroll accounting, accounting for partnership, and other related topics are also covered.


Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Makur Aciek

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

American Sign Language (ASL)

To apply for American Sign Language 1 through 6, Fingerspelling, Classifiers, and Visual Gestural Communication, please submit your application via ASL Connect

ASL Composition (3 credits)

Course Description

This course introduces students to critical, academic discourse in American Sign language. Students will be given opportunities to analyze and evaluate academic ASL and to compose logical arguments by synthesizing information from sources with their own critical perspectives. The course has been developed using a Multicultural Education philosophy that advocates the belief that students and their experiences should be placed at the center of the teaching and learning process, and that teaching and learning should occur in a context that addresses multiple ways of thinking.


Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Caregiving

Deaf Centered National Caregiver Course (1 credit)

Course Description

Upon completing the course and the exam, students will receive their caregiver certificate from the American Caregiver Association (ACA). The National Caregiver Certification Course (NCCC) from Gallaudet University, in collaboration with the American Caregiver Association (ACA), is intended to provide relevant and useful information about the most common responsibilities and duties of caregiving. This course is designed specifically for Deaf caregivers and those providing caregiving services to Deaf senior citizens.


Cross-listings: None

Prerequisite: None

Tuition: PST: $331

Instructor: N/A

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: N/A

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Deaf Studies

Introduction to Deaf Studies (3 credits)

Course Description

This is an introductory survey to the field of Deaf Studies that highlights cutting edge concepts and theories at use in this field. The course will show how deaf people and sign languages are integral aspects of human diversity and how societies have responded to this diversity across different social, temporal, and cultural moments and movements.


Cross-listings: DST 101  Introduction to Deaf Studies

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Gene Mirus

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Introduction to Cultural Studies (3 credits)

Course Description

How does "culture" shape the way we see the world?  Cultural Studies assumes that the meanings in this world are central in creating us-individually and collectively.  DST 202 explores cultural reading, examining various texts around us including ideologies. Students will set to understand how culture transmits a view of the world and power through critical analysis. Students will inquiry how culture, identity and history frame experiences.

 

Materials: The Theory Tool Box (2nd edition) by Nealon and Giroux


Cross-listings: DST 203  Introduction to Cultural Studies

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Dynamics of Oppression (3 credits)

Course Description

This course examines various forms of oppression by looking across different cultures and communities, and then examines possible parallels occurring within the deaf community.  Students are expected to develop a course project at the end of the semester.


Cross-listings: DST 311  Dynamics of Oppression

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Kailyn Aaron-Lozano

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Multicultural Lives: Ethnographic Studies (3 credits)

Course Description

This course will introduce students to multicultural perspectives of the Deaf Community.  It will include theoretical frameworks, socialization processes, and identity development theories that impact our individual and collective identities.  While its primary focus is on the American Deaf Community, the deaf immigrant experience will also be included and examined. 


Cross-listings: DST 410  Multicultural Lives: Ethnographic Studies

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Summer Crider

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Disability Studies (3 credits)

Course Description

This course will introduce students to the field of Disability Studies. As an emerging interdisciplinary field of study, Disability Studies does not approach disability as a "medical condition, but as a human condition" (Charlton). Instead of studying the causes and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, we will explore the historical, social, political, religious, philosophical, and cultural influences that "construct" the category of "disability." We will also examine how persons with disabilities construct their own meanings and identities.


Cross-listings: DST 316  Disability Studies

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Meredith Burke

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Linguistic Human Rights and Deaf Communities (3 credits)

Course Description

This course provides students with a survey of the concept of linguistic human rights. First included as an international right in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, linguistic human rights has become an important concept for identifying and furthering the rights of peoples based on languages. Students will examine the historical and theoretical underpinnings to this concept as it emerged within human rights discourse and tools which have been developed from this concept to further human rights aspirations based on language. The course will look at how this concept has been and continues to be used with deaf communities.


Cross-listings: DST 742  Linguistic Human Rights and Deaf Communities

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Joseph Murray

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

ASL Literature (Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community) (3 credits)

Course Description

The dynamics of oral cultures and their traditions will be introduced in this course by studying the development of oral literature and literary artists in other cultures.  Then using this as background, attempts will be made to study ASL literary tradition by looking at life histories, narrative, and poetry performances.  Students will have opportunities to create ASL literature.


Cross-listings: DST 314  Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community

Prerequisite: Completion of a Deaf Studies course or ASL 4 at Gallaudet in the last 12 months, or screening placement into ASL 5. Contact aslconnect.education@gallaudet.edu to schedule an ASL Screening. Permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Benjamin Jarashow

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Education

Introduction to Research in Education (3 credits)

Course Description

The focus of this course is research as a strategy of inquiry for improving practice and advancing our professions.  The general principles of qualitative, quantitative, and action research designs will be considered, along with related problems of measurement, statement and clarification of research problems, and basic statistical methods for describing data.  The goal is to produce professionals who are consumers of research in their fields who can apply research for the improvement of their school or work settings.


Cross-listings: EDU 720  Introduction to Research in Education

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Mi Jun

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Foundations of Policy/Legislative Legislative on Bilingualism: Implications 0-5 for Bilingual Ed (3 credits)

Course Description

This course is designed to educate candidates about state and federal education policies, particularly as they pertain to bilingualism.  In addition, the course will addresses a basic working knowledge of regulations essential to the role and as bilingual early childhood professionals. Candidates will implement policies and regulations using the language planning framework in their work in homes, schools and agencies, and the community.  It elaborates and builds upon knowledge and dispositions learned in foundation courses.


Cross-listings: EDU 760  Foundations of Policy/Legislative Legislative on Bilingualism: Implications 0-5 for Bilingual Ed

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Theoretical Perspectives of ASL/English Bilingual Education for Birth-5 (3 credits)

Course Description

This course is designed to educate candidates about state and federal education policies, particularly as they pertain to bilingualism.  In addition, the course will addresses a basic working knowledge of regulations essential to the role and as bilingual early childhood professionals. Candidates will implement policies and regulations using the language planning framework in their work in homes, schools and agencies, and the community.  It elaborates and builds upon knowledge and dispositions learned in foundation courses.


Cross-listings: EDU 761  Theoretical Perspectives of ASL/English Bilingual Education for Birth-5

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Adele Eberwein

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Introduction to Educating Deaf Students with Disabilities (3 credits)

Course Description

This course uses a disability studies approach to familiarize students with major trends and issues in special education, including: historical roots, perception of disability, policies impacting students with disabilities, labeling, overrepresentation, and discipline.  Other topics in the course include developing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), examining instructional practices, and working with families.  This course will prepare teacher candidates to work with children and youth with a broad range of disabilities and educational needs.


Cross-listings: EDU 771  Introduction to Educating Deaf Students with Disabilities

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Catherine Krammer

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Teaching Functional Curriculum (3 credits)

Course Description

This course provides an overview of functional academics for deaf students with disabilities.  Topics include teaching vocational skills, teaching life skills, supporting motor development, supporting social-emotional development, developing transition plans, and selecting assistive technology devices.  Course assignments are designed to allow students to apply these concepts in their current teaching setting.


Cross-listings: EDU 776  Teaching Functional Curriculum

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: Catherine Krammer

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

English

ASL and English: Comparative Analysis (3 credits)

Course Description

This course covers areas of vocabulary, semantics, grammar and organization of ASL and English. Students look at the linguistic aspects of both languages and compare the two. The class also covers word classes and sentence structure of both languages. To assist students in understanding the structure of both languages, discussion of how languages work is included.


Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Don Miller

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Introduction to Public and Professional Writing (3 credits)

Course Description

Surveys genres and modalities of professional writing, including social media and writing for the web. Provides an overview of areas such as digital publishing, new media journalism, business and technical writing, and editing. Develops a rhetorical understanding of professional writing as the ability to write in response to elements including audience, purpose, medium, and design.

Cross-listings: ENG 250 Introduction to Public and Professional Writing

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: $993 

Instructor: Miguel Ramirez

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Business and Technical Writing (3 credits)

Course Description

Study and practice of professional writing skills and genres, such as resumes, letters of application, emails, memos, proposals, short and long reports, and manuals. Also covers technical aspects of editing.


Cross-listings: ENG 380/ENG 395/GSR 220 Business and Technical Writing

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: $993 

Instructor: Miguel Ramirez

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Entrepreneurship

Scaling Your Business: How to Strengthen Your Financial Management

Course Description

Learn to make informed decisions when it comes to your business structure, accounting, taxes, and overall finances.This course will also cover scaling your business. This course is led by Jonathan Heath Huggins; financial director and CPA.


Prerequisite: none

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Jonathan Heath Huggins

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: None

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

The Legal Framework: Understanding Human Resources and the Law

Course Description

Learn about risk mitigation and contract best practices. This course also covers the foundations of Human Resources and recruiting, hiring, and managing employees. This course is led by Richard Horrell and will feature other human resources professionals.


Prerequisite: none

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Richard Horrell

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: None

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Infants, Toddlers, and Families

Leadership Perspectives on Families with Deaf/HH Infants and Toddlers & their Cultures & Communities (3 credits)

Course Description

This course is the third course in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership (ITF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program.  The course requires on-line participation.  This course examines family systems' perspectives and the interrelationships among the young child who is deaf or hard of hearing, family and communities.  Family and community cultures, values and beliefs will be explored.  Participants will understand the importance of building relationships and the research underlying the importance of family support systems, acceptance and accommodation.  Emphasis will be on collaboration with professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds, leadership and advocacy.  The course will address strategies and resources that promote family and professional collaboration, family-to-family support networks, and family involvement.

Cross-listings: ITF 702 Leadership Perspectives on Families with Deaf/HH Infants and Toddlers & their Cultures & Communities

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: $993 

Instructor: Sarah Honigfeld and Lynette Mattiacci

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

International Development

Program Development and Evaluation for Social Change (3 credits)

Course Description

This course focuses on collaborative formulation, development and evaluation of programs working with Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing people and people with disabilities in disaster and humanitarian contexts. Exploring current philosophical, theoretical, and methodological stances related to collaborative program development, course activities demonstrate the salience of international human rights frameworks for sign language-centered leadership and disability rights, and connect these to bi- and multilateral organizational and funding channels now undergoing enhancement as a result of the United Nations introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using the latter as a foundation to identifying socioeconomic problems and barriers to self-determination, participation, and equity, students will design program proposals in response to an actual Request for Proposal (RFP). Work on peer teams, students will then submit an Evaluation Plan for an actual program. In addition to cultivating program development and evaluation skills, course activities provide students with opportunities to practice program management skills and grant-writing experience.

Cross-listings: IDP 774 Program Development and Evaluation for Social Change

Prerequisite: Permission of department; contact audrey.cooper@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $993 

Instructor: Maegan Shanks

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Interpreting

CASLI Generalist Knowledge - Ethics and Cultural Responsiveness Exam Preparation

Course Description

This class prepares both CDI and NIC candidates for the NEW Ethics and Cultural Responsiveness Exam for CASLI. This is one portion of the CASLI Generalist Knowledge Exam. If candidates have already passed the previous CASLI written test, this is offered as a "gap" test that must be passed in order to be eligible to take the CASLI Generalist Performance Exam for certification.


If candidates have not already passed the written test, then the Ethics and Cultural Responsiveness Exam AND the Fundamentals of Interpreting Exam will be taken in tandem. (PST 170 is recommended as preparation for the Fundamentals of Interpreting Exam.) 


Students should already have familiarity with: RID's Code of Professional Conduct, interpreting best practices, discussing ethical scenarios, and Demand Control-Schema. Students will be introduced to the domains measured by this ethics test, have exposure to the exam structure, practice with multiple decision-points scenarios, and receive feedback from both the instructor and peers.  


This asynchronous course has no required meeting times, but does have a weekly submission schedule, and students can request virtual office hours as needed. This course has pass/fail grading. Students are welcome to contact the instructor, Katie Fitzpatrick, at katie.fitzpatrick@gallaudet.edu for any additional questions or concerns.


Prerequisite: See course description.

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Katie Fitzpatrick

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: None

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

CASLI Generalist Knowledge - Fundamentals of Interpreting Exam Preparation

Course Description

This course will prepare potential CDI and NIC test candidates to pass the Fundamentals of Interpreting Exam for CASLI. This is only one component of the CASLI Generalist Knowledge Exam, and PST 169 is recommended as preparation for the other portion, the Ethics and Cultural Responsiveness Exam.


The course will cover the ten content domains under this exam and techniques for handling the type of multiple choice test questions utilized in both ASL and English. Students will take several practice tests to gauge their readiness for the actual examination. Students are expected to have familiarity with interpreting best practices, Demand Control-Schema, history of the interpreting field, models of interpreting, and considerations pre-acceptance, pre-assignment, during assignment and post assignment including billing and logistics. (This list is not exhaustive.)  


This asynchronous course has no required meeting times, but does have a weekly submission schedule, and students can request virtual office hours as needed. This course has pass/fail grading. Students are welcome to contact the instructor, Katie Fitzpatrick, at katie.fitzpatrick@gallaudet.edu for any additional questions or concerns.




Prerequisite: See course description.

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Katie Fitzpatrick

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: None

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

CASLI Generalist Performance Exam For Hearing Interpreters Preparation (NIC)

Course Description

This course will prepare CASLI test candidates to take the Generalist Performance Exam for Hearing Interpreters which would result in RID’s National Interpreter Certification (NIC) credentials. Students will review the Job Task Analysis for hearing interpreters, and look for examples of these skills and abilities in their own work. Students will record themselves interpreting practice performance scenarios and reflect on and analyze their work. Diversity will be represented among Deaf and hearing consumers in terms of language use, age, gender, and cultural background. Students will also take a mock exam and reflect on the experience. Students need to be eligible to take the Generalist Performance Exam, which would mean that either they have already passed the Fundamentals on Interpreting written test and are eligible to take the Ethical Decision Making and Cultural Responsiveness Case Studies (“gap” test) at the same time with their performance exam, or they have already passed both portions of the Generalist Knowledge Exam. (PST 169 and PST 170 are recommended for more training on both portions of the Knowledge exam.)


Students should already have a comprehensive knowledge of both ASL and English, and experience in both interpreting and transliterating, both to and from each language. Practice videos will vary from 5 to 20 minutes in order to help practice stamina in interpretation, and to be in line with current source materials from CASLI. 


This asynchronous course has no required meeting times, but does have a weekly submission schedule, and students can request virtual office hours as needed. This course has pass/fail grading. Students are welcome to contact the instructor, Katie Fitzpatrick, at katie.fitzpatrick@gallaudet.edu for any additional questions or concerns.


Prerequisite: Students must be eligible to take the CASLI Generalist Performance Exam for Hearing Interpreters (NIC) or have permission of the instructor; contact katie.fitzpatrick@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Katie Fitzpatrick

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: None

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Linguistics

Introduction to the Structure of American Sign Language (3 credits)

Course Description

An introduction to the "phonology," grammar, and semantics of American Sign Language, including studies of variations in structure related to factors of region, social class, ethnicity, age, and sex; studies of child language acquisition of American Sign Language; and studies of short-term memory processing in American Sign Language. Some comparisons with English and other languages will be offered.


Prerequisite: Permission of the department; contact paul.dudis@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Introduction to First and Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)

Course Description

This course introduces students to the acquisition of a native language by young children (L1 acquisition) and acquisition of a second language after childhood (L2 acquisition). The first part of the course covers the important milestones of normal L1 development in phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics for both spoken and signed languages. The course then explores how delays in exposure affect the acquisition process, leading to the main topics of the second part of the course: critical period effects and L2 acquisition. Readings and discussion throughout the course will reflect the perspective that acquisition studies on a broad variety of languages, both signed and spoken, are crucial for developing accurate theories of language structure and use. Application of concepts from lectures and discussion is encouraged through student collection and analysis of L1 and L2 data.


Prerequisite: Permission of the department; contact paul.dudis@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Shane Blau

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Sign Languages and Sign Systems (3 credits)

Course Description

An introduction to the major features of languages and to the structure, use, and variation in the sign languages and sign systems commonly used in the United States. The course will cover four major topics: (1) Language: The nature and definition of languages, the uniqueness of language, and contrasts between language and other forms of communication; (2) Language and Culture: The role of language in human society, with special focus on language acquisition, language identity, and bilingualism; (3) American Sign Language Structure: A survey of the major features of the linguistic structure of ASL. Topics are: Phonology: the structure of the physical signals; Morphology: the basic structure and composition of meaningful units of ASL; Syntax: word order and nonmanual syntactic signals in ASL sentences; (4) Language Variation: Language variation and language contact in the deaf community, including discussions of contact varieties of signing and systems for representing English.


Prerequisite: Permission of the department; contact paul.dudis@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for the  Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course enrollment.

Sexuality and Gender Studies

Introduction to Sexuality & Gender Studies (3 credits)

Course Description

This 3 credit course will provide an introduction into Sexuality and Gender Studies. This course will use texts, articles, speakers, literature, and film to bring students to a deeper understanding of LGBTQ+ cultures and communities. This course will educate students on the central concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity within historical, political, and societal frameworks. Throughout this course, students will work towards an understanding of the intersectional dynamics of privilege and oppression as they relate to LGBTQ+ individuals and culture by exploring the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals and their partners/families.  Special attention will be given to each Unit on LGBTQ+ issues within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities.

PSG is graduate level work, while PSU is undergraduate level work.

Cross-listings: SGS 501 Introduction to Sexuality & Gender Studies

Prerequisite: permission of program coordinator; contact david.barclay@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: David Barclay

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Intimate Relationships: Sexuality, Gender, Culture, Love, & Friendship. (3 credits)

Course Description

This 3-credit course focuses on how sexuality, gender, and culture impact the process of developing and maintaining human intimate relationships of friendship and love. Students will understand how various dynamics impact relationships such as attraction, communication, interdependency, power, stress, and conflict. Students will be able to apply knowledge to better understand and assess clients in the human services field and also be able to apply knowledge and skills to their own lives in developing their identity in their own relationships.

PSG is graduate level work, while PSU is undergraduate level work.

Cross-listings: SGS 504 Intimate Relationships: Sexuality, Gender, Culture, Love, & Friendship.

Prerequisite: permission of program coordinator; contact david.barclay@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: David Barclay

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Social Work

Special Topic- Trauma and Advanced Clinical Practice in the Deaf Community (3 credits)

Course Description

This Concentration Year course provides the students with comprehensive exploration of the psychological trauma field, including the history and current trauma theories, the nature of trauma, how trauma issues affect deaf and hard of hearing individuals and systems.

PST 387-OL1 Synchronous - Foundation Clinical Supervision: SPECIAL TOPIC DESCRIPTION TBA.

PST 387-OL4 Asynchronous - Applied Clinical Theories: SPECIAL TOPIC DESCRIPTION TBA.

Cross-listings: SWK 795 Special Topic- Trauma and Advanced Clinical Practice in the Deaf Community

Prerequisite: permission of program coordinator; contact audrey.cooper@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: David Barclay

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 1.5 CEUs per credit at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

World Languages and Culture

Mexican Sign Language I (3 credits)

Course Description

This course is designed to build basic knowledge and skills of Lengua de Senas Mexicana (LSM) and the Deaf culture. Students are expected to develop basic expressive and receptive skills, through signs and grammar lessons and interactive activities. The visual, spatial and tactile language, LSM will be taught with cultural context and brief Mexican Deaf history, as well. This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals needed to initiate and partake in, and understand basic LSM conversations with LSM users.

Cross-listings: WLC 101 Mexican Deaf Culture & Language I

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.

Mexican Sign Language II (3 credits)

Course Description

This is the second course that builds basic knowledge and skills of Lengua de Senas Mexicana (LSM) and the Deaf culture. Students are expected to develop basic expressive and receptive skills, through signs and grammar lessons and interactive activities. The visual, spatial and tactile language, LSM will be taught with cultural context and brief Mexican Deaf history, as well. This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals needed to initiate and partake in, and understand basic LSM conversations with LSM users.

Cross-listings: WLC 102 Mexican Deaf Culture & Language II

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Tuition: PST: $993

Instructor: TBD

RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Please click here for Academic Coursework Activity Report Form

Course Materials: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

Note: Payment must be received to finalize your course registration.