Global Education Seminar

Catalog description

Global Education Seminar provides graduate students with the opportunity to conduct research on the unique historical, geographical, economic, social, and/or political circumstances of a country other than the United States, and consider those factors that shaped the relationship between the country being studied and its Deaf community. The students will research perspectives on and issues related to people who are deaf in the field of their interest (e.g., medicine, accessibility, technology, STEM, sign language, education, history, business, arts, among others). The students will exit the course with basic practitioner knowledge, especially in the area of research. The students will learn and use some basic language skills in the written and signed languages of the selected country as well as to interact with members of the Deaf community in the country. The country to be studied and the specific course topics for that country will vary by instructor. Specific knowledge and skills required for this experience and/or research project abroad will also be taught. This course is required for graduate students who travel in the NTID faculty-led experience and/or research project abroad. Students who do not participate in the study abroad experience may be allowed to enroll with the permission of the instructor.