Year 1

Fall

  • Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing
  • Behavior Management
  • Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Typical Language Development*
  • Early Literacy Development
  • Language Instruction for Children who are D/HOH
  • Clinical Audiology

Spring

  • Amplification Systems and Aural Rehabilitation
  • Foundations of Literacy Theory and Instruction
  • Mathematics and Content-Area Instruction I
  • Speech for Children who are D/HOH
  • Research Seminar
  • Early Intervention and Child Development
Year 2

Fall

  • Evaluation Techniques
  • Sign Language I*
  • Practice Teaching
  • Mathematics and Content-Area Instruction II
  • Early Intervention (Birth-Age 5)
  • Pre-Service Teacher Preparation

Spring

  • Practice Teaching
  • Counseling Parents
  • Psychosocial and Educational Foundations
  • Independent Study

Also required for teacher certification, if not taken prior to enrollment: Child/Adolescent Psychology and Education/Psychology of the Exceptional Child. These can be completed during the two-year program without an extension of study.

*These courses not required if taken prior to enrollment.

The professors here are actually working every day with children who are deaf, so they have the experience, knowledge and know-how, and they bring it into the classroom.

Christy Chadwick, MSDE
deaf education consultant and advocate, Kahului, Hawaii