2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Fall
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This is an introductory exposure to the art and experience of dance for the general student. This course will examine various aspects of dance culture at the novice level including: viewing and identifying of various genres and stories of dance, dance history, dance aesthetics, dance productions, and using critical thinking skills in viewing dance (i.e. describing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating).

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores deaf and hard-of-hearing people’s experiences on a social-cultural level. It examines the deaf community’s unique experiences of being raised “mainstream” within public schools. Explore the world of deaf and hard-of-hearing adults, who share their experiences growing up prior to and after IDEA, coping through daily life during K-12 years and into adulthood. Additional research explores ethical issues faced by all within “the community” over decisions for “the only”.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: DFST 101 with a grade of “C+” or better.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Storytelling ASL is a complementary course of instruction which guides the learner through the dynamics of American Sign Language storytelling from iconic historical and contemporary personalities of the Deaf community to further advance receptive proficiency and retention. Students will use course objectives of study application of expressive fluency skills within course activities and projects.

Formerly DFST 354.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: DFST 101 with a grade of "C" or better and EN 111 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores the Deaf World, its people and community perspective through various mainstream movie-media genres - Action, adventure, amination, biography, comedy, crime, drama, family, fantasy, history, horror, music, musical, mystery, romance, sci-fi, sports, thriller, war and western.

Formerly DFST 350.

• Offered: Web: Summer
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Fingerspell & Numbers: Receptive & Expressive Skill Development is a complementary course of instruction in proper practices and techniques to establish the use of manual fingerspell and numbers within American Sign Language. In addition, techniques to improve proficiency, fluency and retention of expressive and receptive skills are covered. Appropriate for beginners and advanced ASL skills.

Formerly DFST 256.

• Offered: Web: winter
• Prerequisites: DFST 102 with a grade of “C” or better and EN 111 with a grade of “C” or higher or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will allow students to explore regional variations in American Sign Language, contrast ASL with other World sign languages, and encourage students to learn strategies for overcoming linguistic, national and cultural barriers when signing.

• Offered: Web: fall
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores the origins and development of the Deaf Community Civil Rights Movement of the United States throughout the 19th to 20th century with special emphasis on civil rights litigation of the community’s rights, advocacy issues, and how more visibility was gained through state and federal laws. In addition, this course continues to research and follow-up on current bills, laws, and programs that focus on contemporary issues of the Deaf Community.

• Offered: Fall: Web
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students taking this course explore Deaf multicultural minorities found within the Greater Deaf community. Students choose to explore literature and media to discover a variety of issues, influences, perspectives and personal experiences of the micro-diversity amongst the following: Deaf women, Black-Deaf people, Deaf American-Indian, the Deaf-Blind community, Deaf-Oral people and Deaf people of the LGBTQ communities.

• Offered: Summer - Web
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Social Responsibility in a Diverse World (SOCR)

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.

• Offered: Web: summer
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores the deaf community and culture of the United States and Canada, through diverse and interrelated local, regional and national deaf communities, during the sixteenth century to present. Significant topics of interest are covered (but not limited to), deaf cultural issues; deaf community perspectives; deaf civil rights movement influences; influences of residential schools for the deaf; deaf community social clubs; influences of Oralism and Audism; employment of the deaf and deaf empowerment.