美国手语和聋人研究采用跨学科方法来研究美国和世界社会中的聋人和听力障碍人士。该计划促进对聋人社区作为语言和文化群体的理解，并鼓励学生分析与聋人和有听力障碍人士有关的现有刻板印象和政策，以便在自己的社区和其他社区内工作，以影响聋人的改变。改善聋哑人和听力障碍者的社区。聋哑研究专业和未成年人可以进入公共部门和私营部门的职业。学生可以将ASL /聋人研究专业与相关的辅修领域相结合，例如教育，咨询，听力学或语言治疗。聋人研究将为学生提供与他们领域中的聋人和听力障碍有关的全面基础。在卫生服务，法律倡导和社会服务领域
Deaf Studies takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in American and world society. The program promotes the understanding of the Deaf community as a linguistic and cultural group and encourages students to analyze existing stereotypes and policies relating to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in order to work both within their own communities and others in affecting change for the betterment of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.