This course introduces students to basic financial accounting theory and practice. It teaches students the knowledge and tools to identify and record business activities and to prepare and interpret financial statements and reports in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Students will learn how accounting methods affect the evaluation of business results and the quality of business decisions.

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: None

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

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: 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: None

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

Management (or Managerial) Accounting comprises financial and non-financial information intended to meet internal users' needs. It involves the development and interpretation of accounting information intended to assist management in the operation of the business. Topics include financial statement analysis and the use of accounting information for planning and control, performance evaluation, and decision-making. The course will cover cost behavior, job order costing, process costing, cost volume-profit relationship, relevant costing/benefits, budgeting, activity-based costing, cash flow and financial statement analysis. Computer lab is required.

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: None

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

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: 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: None

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

This course explores how the field of women's studies came into being by way of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.  Issues faced by both hearing and deaf women will be investigated: career, educational opportunities, reproduction, and patriarchy, among others.

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: $993

Instructor: Genie Gertz

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.

This course primarily examines Black Deaf people in America as well as those in the Caribbean Islands and Africa.  The course is organized to focus on the history, education, community and culture, language and psychosocial forces which influence their experience.   It will concentrate on the social, political and cultural development of a unique group of people that are part of both the general Deaf community and the Black community.  Readings will be from varied journalistic literature.

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: $993

Instructor: Carolyn McCaskill

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.

An examination of the people and the historical processes that brought together deaf individuals to form a cohesive community in the United States.

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: None

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

This course is designed to prepare the candidates to apply an ASL/English Bilingual Framework in Early Childhood Education for deaf and hard of hearing children.  This framework describes how the acquisition and learning of ASL and English (written and spoken) are being facilitated.  This course reflects upon bilingual models and concepts and discusses the language planning process required to establish an environment that demonstrates value for both languages.  Also, it focuses on meeting the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing children and families that it serves.  Use of bilingual methodologies, assessment, effective strategies, and language teaching including signacy, oracy and literacy and critical pedagogy will be addressed.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact maribel.garate@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Maribel Garate

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:  Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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In this course students will examine current trends and concerns which characterize the changing American family and draw implications for education, students with disabilities, and their families.  They will examine family, community and school structures, patterns and relationships.  Students will explore a variety of theories, concepts, principles and models utilized when implementing effective family, school, and community partnership, in addition to collaboration among IEP team members and when working with other professionals regarding students and families with special and diverse needs.  Students will identify and discuss the uses and applications of community and school resources in supporting families and students with disabilities.  They will also learn and simulate techniques for interacting with parents and examine collaboration strategies for interdisciplinary team efforts.  In addition, students will focus on topics/challenges that face families with children with disabilities such as: sibling support, respite care, financial planning, transition planning, independent living and IEP meetings.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact catherine.krammer@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $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 1.5 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.

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.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact mi.jun@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $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 1.5 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.

This course is designed to prepare graduate level students to address issues of  language and literacy development for students with disabilities, with an emphasis on deaf children with disabilities.  Topics include language and communication disorders, augmentative and alternative communication systems, cultural influence on language and literacy development, and how language and communication impact classroom performance.  The course will inform students about augmentative and alternative communication systems for use by individuals who do not have or are limited in expressive language, whether it is ASL or English.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact catherine.krammer@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $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 1.5 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.

ASL and English Bilingualism at home and in school promotes healthy language development and communication, and creates positive self esteem among deaf/hard of hearing children from diverse backgrounds. This course/seminar is designed for professionals to acquire the knowledge and skills to work collaboratively with diverse families and other professionals to support the bilingual development and education of young deaf and hard of hearing children. Participants will discuss a working model of bilingual language acquisition (American Sign Language and English), approaches to providing support and encouragement to families, ways to promote positive communication with families , ways to promote positive communication with families, and the creation of culturally responsive and inclusively early childhood educational communities for all families. In addition, participants will apply a basic working knowledge of Part C and Part B of the IDEA regulations as members of an early childhood education team.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact oscar.ocuto@gallaudet.edu

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Oscar Ocuto

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:  Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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

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.

This course is the first in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership Interdisciplinary Certificate Program and serves as an orientation to the program and requires both face-to-face and on-campus participation. Participants will understand the impact of early hearing detection and intervention principles and practices on newborn hearing screening and programs.   The course will provide an overview of the following topics: professionalism, advocacy, ethics, dispositions, diversity, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, socio-economic resources, ethnicities, religion and other factors that influence values, beliefs and practices and the impact of these factors on deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers and their families.  Resources to support collaboration, leadership and change will be included.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructors; contact sarah.honigfeld@gallaudet.edu and tawny.holmes.hlibok@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Sarah Honigfeld and Tawny Holmes Hlibok

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:  Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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

This course is the second 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.  The course addresses language, communication, and cognitive development and developmental milestones.  Participants will examine socio-cultural factors that impact linguistic, cognitive and communication development from diverse perspectives.  The course addresses language learning models for ASL and English, bilingual, multilingual and dual language learning.  Participants will explore visual, auditory and tactile modalities, technological devices for supporting language and communication development, and the research that underlies current practices.  Participants will explore how professionals with varying disciplinary expertise can collaborate to provide support to families to enhance their child's development.  Family language learning models including Deaf Professional/ Advisor programs and family sign language programs will also be addressed.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructors; contact natalie.delgado@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Natalie Delgado

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:  Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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

This course is the fifth course in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership (ITF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program.  The course requires both on-line and on-campus participation.  The course will focus on both content and skill development in the areas of assessment and programming.  Collaboration will be emphasized in the assessment and implementation of goals and services for young children and their families.  The processes underlying the development of IFSPs and IEP's and transitions from early intervention to preschools will be explored.  Strategies and resources will emphasize best practice in interdisciplinary, developmentally and individually appropriate and culturally responsive programming.  Candidates for the certificate will present their capstone projects and final portfolios to provide evidence of their knowledge, skills and professional dispositions for working with infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing, birth-to-three and their families.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; contact sarah.honigfeld@gallaudet.edu.

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Sarah Honigfeld

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:  Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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

An introduction to the basic theories, principles and practices of interpreting, this course will addresses the history of the profession, interpreters' roles and responsibilities, and national/local organization for interpreters. It is appropriate for beginning interpreters, advanced sign language students, and professionals who work with deaf people. Information is divided into four units: the field, the process, the ethics and the settings. Areas of focus include: explanation of the purpose, content and application of the Code of Professional Conduct; identification of physical and environmental factors that affect the interpreting process; development of basic business practices related to the field; discussion of the theories and models of the sign language interpreting process; development of current issues within the field of interpreting; and the basics of interpreting in specific settings and with various communication methods.

Prerequisite: None

Tuition: $331

Instructor: Mary Lightfoot

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: Purchase textbook(s) at eCampus.

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

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.

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: Kaj Kraus

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.

In this course, students are introduced to a descriptive framework with which to identify and analyze iconicity and depiction in ASL and other signed languages. The first part of the course focuses on depiction typology, covering role-shifting, constructed action and dialogue, classifier constructions/depicting verbs, aspectual constructions, metaphorical depictions, and other imagistic uses of space. In the second part of the course, we examine depiction in artistic and academic settings as well as in everyday conversations and narratives..

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

Tuition: $993

Instructor: Paul Dudis

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.

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: Kaj Kraus

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.

The purpose of the course is to increase students' understanding of life span theories, human behavior theories, and intervention models and techniques when working with people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or additional identities (LGBTQ+). Although the emphasis will be on a social work perspective, students from various majors will benefit from this knowledge if they plan to work with LGBTQ+ people or if they would like this knowledge for their personal benefit.  Important issues covered include sexual-minority identity formation; internalized homophobia; transference and countertransference issues; theories of assessment and intervention; and, cultural competence.

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

Cross-listings: SGS 505 LGBTQ+ Mental Health Practice

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.

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 501 Intimate Relationships: Sexuality, Gender, Culture, Love, & Friendship.

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

Tuition: PST: $1324

Instructor: Kareem Harris

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.