Formerly IPPD 1347 Provides a historical and contemporary perspective of American deaf culture using a sociocultural model. Includes cultural identity, values, group norms, communication, language, and significant contributions made by deaf people to the world. 3 credit hours. Develops expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills. Receptive skills focus on whole word and phrase recognition as well as reading fingerspelling in context.
Expressive skills focus on the development of speed, clarity, and fluency.
Through classroom and lab experience, this course will focus on the 26 hand configurations of the manual alphabet, numbers, and Lexicalized Fingerspelling. This course is conducted primarily without voice. 3 credit hours. Prerequisites and topics covered will be annotated in each semester s Schedule of Classes . Language Interpreter Formerly IPPD 2286 Practical general training and experiences in the workplace.