Faculty in American Sign Language, Chinese, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), French, Humanities, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish, and Speech contribute to the college's General Education curriculum by helping students acquire valuable critical thinking and communication skills, and by teaching them about creative human endeavors in the past and present, which inspire a better future. Required: A master's degree in or a master's degree with at least 18 graduate semester hours in American Sign Language, ASL Interpretation, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Special Education with Emphasis in Deaf Education: Linguistics with Emphasis in ASL.