Students must complete 24 credits to earn a disability studies minor. At least 12 credits must be completed in residence, and at least 12 must be taken at the upper-division level. All courses except internships must be taken for a grade and passed with a grade of mid-C or better.
Course Requirements
In addition to completing our core course, Intro to Disability Studies, students must complete the minimum credits in the following areas:
Social models (12 credits)
- ASL 201-202-203 2nd American Sign Language
- ASL301 American Deaf Culture
- CDS 201 CD in Society and Media
- ENG 313 Teen and Children’s Literature
- ENG 386 Bodies in Comics
- ES 354 Environmental Racism
- FHS 483 Prevention of Interpersonal Violence
- GLBL 340 Global Health/Development
- GLBL 467 Global Mental Health
- HUM 240 Medical Humanities
- FHS 483 Prevention of Interpersonal Violence
- IARC 204 Understanding Contemporary Interiors
- PHIL 335 Medical Ethics
- PPPM 202 Healthy Communities
- PPPM 250 Art and Human Values
- PPPM 407 Public Health
- PSY 366 Culture and Mental Health
- SOC 385 Medical Sociology
Career Paths (4 credits)
- ASL 101-102-103 1st Year American Sign Language
- ARCH 440 Human Context of Design
- GLBL 463 Population Displacement and Global Health
- PD 487 Adaptive Product Design
- PPPM 321 Inclusive Urbanism
- PPPM 325 Community Leadership and Change
- PPPM 460 Health Policy
- PPPM 480 Nonprofit Management
- PSY 459 Cultural Psychology
- PSY 472 Psychology of Trauma
Fieldwork (4 credits)
- ENG 404 Disability Studies Internship (4 credits)
- GLBL 435 Global Perspectives on Disability (2 credits) plus ENG 404 Disability Studies Internship (2 credits)
- PSY 406 Psychology Practicum (4 credits)
- SPED 406 Practicum and SPED 407 Seminar (4 credits)