Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mount Saint Vincent University offers a Masters program in Deaf Education under the heading of Educational Psychology. Students of the program can expect to graduate with the designation of Master of Education (Educational Psychology): Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Upon examination of the prerequisites and classes required for this program, the following program description is presented: "the program is designed to help educators develop knowledge and skills in the areas of audiology, speech, language acquisition, sign language, literacy and the modification/adaptation of curricula" (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013).
There is no stated prerequisite of any level of ASL or signed language comprehension or knowledge for entrance into this program. In addition to this, one can see by the list of courses required for successful completion of the program that American Sign Language and other forms of signed languages are discussed in only one class, GEPY 6905 Communication for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013). Based on this information, it would appear that the primary linguistic focus of this program is oral/aural method.
Information as to whether Deaf/Hard of Hearing students are invited to apply to this program is not currently available. However, based on the growing acceptance of ASL as the natural language of the Deaf and its broad use by the Deaf Community, it bears consideration that Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing students that communicate through ASL would likely choose to study at another facility that more strongly supports the ASL method of education and communication.
The following list of required courses and their descriptions can be found at:
http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/programsdepartments/graduatecalendar/graduateprograms/education/educationalpsychology/programrequirements.aspx#deaf (Program Description)
and
http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/programsdepartments/graduatecalendar/graduateprograms/education/educationalpsychology/courses.aspx (Courses)
Students registered in the Master of Education non-thesis program for the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing must complete 5.5 units of coursework.
Program Requirements
Required Courses
❏GEDU 6170 Seminar: Focus on Research Literacy 0.5 unit
❏GSPY 6823 The Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development
0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6903 Audiology/Auditory Development for Students who are
Deaf/Hard of Hearing 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6904 Aural/Oral Rehabilitation 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6905 Communication for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6909 Implications of Deafness for Diagnostic Assessments and Curriculum Access I 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6910 Implications of Deafness for Diagnostic Assessments and Curriculum Access II 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6906 Seminar and Internship in Deaf Education 1.0 unit
❏GEPY 6922 A Comparative Analysis of Language Development in
Students with Normal Hearing and Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing I 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6923 A Comparative Analysis of Language Development in
Students with Normal Hearing and Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing II 0.5 unit
(Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013)
Upon examination of the prerequisites and classes required for this program, the following program description is presented: "the program is designed to help educators develop knowledge and skills in the areas of audiology, speech, language acquisition, sign language, literacy and the modification/adaptation of curricula" (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013).
There is no stated prerequisite of any level of ASL or signed language comprehension or knowledge for entrance into this program. In addition to this, one can see by the list of courses required for successful completion of the program that American Sign Language and other forms of signed languages are discussed in only one class, GEPY 6905 Communication for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013). Based on this information, it would appear that the primary linguistic focus of this program is oral/aural method.
Information as to whether Deaf/Hard of Hearing students are invited to apply to this program is not currently available. However, based on the growing acceptance of ASL as the natural language of the Deaf and its broad use by the Deaf Community, it bears consideration that Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing students that communicate through ASL would likely choose to study at another facility that more strongly supports the ASL method of education and communication.
The following list of required courses and their descriptions can be found at:
http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/programsdepartments/graduatecalendar/graduateprograms/education/educationalpsychology/programrequirements.aspx#deaf (Program Description)
and
http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/programsdepartments/graduatecalendar/graduateprograms/education/educationalpsychology/courses.aspx (Courses)
Students registered in the Master of Education non-thesis program for the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing must complete 5.5 units of coursework.
Program Requirements
Required Courses
❏GEDU 6170 Seminar: Focus on Research Literacy 0.5 unit
❏GSPY 6823 The Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development
0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6903 Audiology/Auditory Development for Students who are
Deaf/Hard of Hearing 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6904 Aural/Oral Rehabilitation 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6905 Communication for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6909 Implications of Deafness for Diagnostic Assessments and Curriculum Access I 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6910 Implications of Deafness for Diagnostic Assessments and Curriculum Access II 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6906 Seminar and Internship in Deaf Education 1.0 unit
❏GEPY 6922 A Comparative Analysis of Language Development in
Students with Normal Hearing and Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing I 0.5 unit
❏GEPY 6923 A Comparative Analysis of Language Development in
Students with Normal Hearing and Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing II 0.5 unit
(Mount Saint Vincent University, 2013)