Disability Studies examines how society understands and represents disability, and it investigates issues of discrimination and social justice. Disability Studies enhances the understanding of disability by incorporating social, cultural, historical, legal, and political perspectives, including the connections between disability and a diversity of other identities (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality).
Disability Studies examines how society understands and represents disability, and it investigates issues of discrimination and social justice. Disability Studies enhances the understanding of disability by incorporating social, cultural, historical, legal, and political perspectives, including the connections between disability and a diversity of other identities (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality).
This program of study leads to the following credential:
Minor in Disability Studies
Minor in Disability Studies
Completion Requirements
30 credits
Core Courses: DIS ST 230/LSJ 230/CHID 230 (5 credits)
Completion of three DIS ST courses. See disability studies adviser or disability studies program website for list of approved courses (15 credits)
Disability studies electives: Courses from at least two of the following three subfields: Rights, Policy, and Inequality; Global and Historical Perspectives; Diversity, Representation, and Identity. See disability studies adviser or disability studies program website for list of approved courses (10 credits)