The Minor in Disability Studies provides students from other programs with an opportunity to engage with new understandings and scholarship in critical disability studies as it intersects in a multitude of contexts, across silos and disciplines. However, students are required to take a foundational course first, one that is designed to encourage them to look my deeply for the hidden structures and processes that produce disability.
Administered by: School of Disability Studies
Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following programs:
To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:
One* (1) of the following:
| DST 501 | Rethinking Disability |
| INT 902 | Disability Issues |
| SWP 921 | Disability Issues Social Work Practice |
| DST 502 | Disability and the State |
| DST 503 | Current Topics in Disability I |
| DST 504 | Mad People's History |
| DST 506 | Principles and Practices of Accessibility |
| DST 507** | Disability, Justice and Good Human Life |
| (or PHL 507** Ethics and Disability) | |
| DST 525 | Disability, Representation/s and Culture |
| DST 603 | Disability and The Law |
| DST 604 | Current Topics in Disability II |
| DST 613 | Strategies for Community Building |
| DST 614 | Community, Access and Technology |
| DST 725 | The Politics and Practice of Interventions |
| DST 727 | Leadership Practices for Changing Times |
| INT 921 | Writing for Disability Activism |
** DST 507 and PHL 507 are antirequisites of each other, therefore only one is acceptable.
Please see Senate Policy 2, Section 7.4 for further information about Minors.