SIGN 202 - Cultures in the Deaf Community

    Recent Professors
    Armando Castro Osnaya, Irene Robles, Danielle Iancului, Karen Ruiz
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of SIGN 202
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course introduces various Deaf cultures within America. Topics include: the description of deafness, Deaf people, the deaf community as defined by audiological and/or cultural means, cultural norms, values, institutions, services for and by Deaf people and culture as reflected in the arts and language of Deaf people. Students will be given an opportunity to study and understand minority group dynamics, attitudes, and behavior characteristics of the oppressed and oppressor people and the liberation movements.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 7:55am–9:20am, Mon 7:00pm–10:10pm, Mon 8:30am–11:40am, Tue 7:55am–9:20am