2026-2027 Undergraduate General Catalog

Disability Studies Minor

17-22 credit hours

Electives

Students must take four of the following courses. No more than two elective courses can use the same prefix for the minor. A student cannot count the course taken for a core requirement as an elective course.
AGES 1100Aging and Society

3

AGES 2100Social Gerontology

3

CMDS 1100Introduction to Communication Disorders

2

ENGL 1150Literary Bodies: Symptoms and Prescriptions

3

ENGL 3550Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory

3

JOUR 2250In Pursuit of an Ethic of Empathy

3

MDST 2410Gender, Race, & Class in the Media

3

PHIL 2340Philosophy of Medicine

3

PHIL 3100Environmental Philosophy

3

PSYC 2130Psychopathology

3

PSYC 2144Behavioral Neuroscience

3

PSYC 3221Psychology of Child Development

4

RELI 2270Christianity in Chains

3

RELI 2410Gender, Sexuality, & Religion

3

RELI 2430Religion, Science, and Technology

3

RELI 2440Religion, Medicine, and Ethics

3

RELI 2640Justice, Race, Religion

3

RELI 3410Dying Well in World Traditions

3

SOCI 1150Social and Restorative Justice

3

SOCI 2150Gender, Sex and Sexuality

3

SOCI 2400Medical Sociology

3

SOCI 3050Social Inequality

4

SOWK 3070Social Welfare Policy

3

SPED 1100Introduction to Special Education

3

SPED 2940Practicum: Children and Youth with Disabilities

3

Additional Requirement

Additionally, students must complete the following requirement: 

- Complete a program coordinator-approved internship or practicum experience OR

- Complete one additional course from the electives list

Required courses- 4 credit hours

 

ENGL 1150Literary Bodies: Symptoms and Prescriptions

3

OR

SOCI 1150Social and Restorative Justice

3

DISA 4000Disability Studies Capstone

1