Coursework

ASL 4700

Development of Signed Language and Reading Skills for Deaf Children - This course analyzed research pertaining to the acquisition of written English, written English education methods, language disorders and impairments, language deprivation and its impact on second language acquisition, and various education methods for Deaf children.

ASL 4970

Creative Inquiry - This course is a guided research project lead by Dr. Jody Cripps. "Bringing Signed Language Back to Martha's Vineyard". Students collaborated to perform human research to learn about the community's response to the project via interviews, compile demo videos to provide businesses with to learn basic and relevant ASL, create a Webinar to teach community members and businesses ASL, as well as update MVTV's Martha's Vineyard Signs Then & Now videos to have a more appropriate coloring and more modern text.

LANG 3000

Introduction to Linguistics - This introductory course covered the basic elements of linguistics and allowed students to apply these concepts to the languages that they major or minor in.

COMM 2500

Public Speaking - This course is an introductory course on writing, developing, and presenting public speeches. It develops students' writing skills as well as their presence while delivering the speech.

BIOL 1030 & 1050

General Biology I & Lab - This course and its co-requisite 1050 (Gen. Biol. Lab I) allow students to gain an understanding of different biological structures, organization systems, and classifications. Students gain lab experience with live insects and learn to use or advance their skills with devices such as micro pipettes, microscopes, spectrophotometers, and various dyes to stain samples.

BIOL 1040 & 1060

General Biology II and Lab - This is a continuation of General Biology I and its lab, covering materials that are both new and repetitive, going further in depth on the new materials to gain a deeper understanding of concepts. Lab provided students with skills pertaining to different lab equipment, learning how to distinguish tissue types, and much more.

BIOL 2000

Biology in the News - Students examine current topics of biology appearing in various types of news media. Uses a problem-based learning approach, with students working as teams and individually on areas of interest identified by the class.

BIOL 2220

Human Anatomy and Physiology - This course provides students with an understanding of the human body and how it functions. It goes into depth on physiological processes as well as the structures involved.

BIOL 3150

Functional Human Anatomy - This course teaches human anatomy and has a co-requisite lab with various dissections and models to teach students of the various components of the human body including musculature, vasculature, bones, and organ systems and their functions.

BIOL 3160

Human Physiology - This course is an advanced course that went into much more detain than BIOL 2220, focusing solely on physiology and typically only addressing anatomy when relevant to a specific function.

HIST 3170

History of Native American Religion and Culture - This course focuses on the customs, religious beliefs, and culture of Native Americans. It allows students to analyze religious and cultural aspects of different tribes and gain an understanding of Indigenous cultures.

ENGL 1030

Composition and Rhetoric - This course is an introductory writing course that develops key writing skills. Students are guided through different writing types and styles and presented opportunities to apply the information learned in lecture to their own writing.