DFST at Towson University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate DFST coursework.

• DFST 105American Sign Language IIopens 17 courses (1 directly)
• DFST 204American Sign Language IIIopens 16 courses (4 directly)
• DFST 205American Sign Language IVopens 12 courses (5 directly)
• DFST 304American Sign Language Vopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• DFST 345Deaf Cultureopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• DFST 430Linguistics of American Sign Languageopens 4 courses (4 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate DFST work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 23 DFST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more DFST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in DFST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at DFST 410

  1. DFST 104American Sign Language I
  2. DFST 105American Sign Language II
  3. DFST 204American Sign Language III
  4. DFST 205American Sign Language IV
  5. DFST 304American Sign Language V
  6. DFST 430Linguistics of American Sign Language
  7. DFST 410Internship in Deaf Studies

• 6 courses deep, ending at DFST 318

  1. DFST 104American Sign Language I
  2. DFST 105American Sign Language II
  3. DFST 204American Sign Language III

• 2 courses deep, ending at DFST 210

  1. DFST 101Introduction to Deaf Studies
  2. DFST 210Career Exploration in Deaf Studies

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DFST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DFST yet.

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Department events

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