Upper Division Disability Studies Courses

101. Perspectives on Disability Studies. (5) Show Description
Seminar, three hours. Creation of critical framework for understanding concept of disability from sampling of disciplinary perspectives. Organized around productive and central tension in disability studies — between disability as lived subjective experience that is both individual and communal, and disability as objective, medical, legal, and sometimes stigmatized category. Students encouraged to make connections between units and to create their own perspectives on disability in field that defines itself by how it changes. Letter grading.

194. Reflection and Analysis Seminar. (2) Show Description
Seminar, two hours. Corequisite: course 195A or 195B. Required of students pursuing Disability Studies minor. Integration of off-campus work with academic theories and concepts within field of disability studies. Students report on their internship experiences and analyze relationship between their internship and issues of policy, ethics, systemic responses to community needs, or personal and intellectual transformations. Letter grading.

195A-195B. Community Internship in Disability Studies I, II. (4-4) Show Description
Tutorial, one hour; fieldwork, eight hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Designed to provide academic context for off-campus work in one of three types of government or nonprofit settings: (1) direct service to disabled individuals or their families, (2) research related to disability studies, or (3) work on policy issues related to disability studies. Individual contract with supervising faculty member required. Letter grading. 195A. Students meet on regular basis with faculty sponsor to construct series of reading assignments that examine disability studies issues related to meaningful work at internship site, including analysis of issues such as history and development of publicly funded services, public policymaking process, legislation that organizes work of organization, ethics, or other interdisciplinary contemporary issues. 195B. Students meet on regular basis with faculty sponsor to construct series of reading assignments to be used in final proposal for capstone research project related to meaningful work at internship site.

196A-196B. Research Apprenticeship in Disability Studies. (4-4) Show Description
Tutorial, one hour. Limited to junior/senior Disability Studies minors. Entry-level research apprenticeship under guidance of faculty mentors affiliated with Disability Studies minor. Collaboration with faculty mentors on their research in area related to disability studies. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

198. Honors Research in Disability Studies. (6 to 8) Show Description
Tutorial, one hour. Limited to juniors/seniors. Required capstone course to Disability Studies minor for students pursuing College Honors. Development and completion of honors thesis or comprehensive research project under direct supervision of faculty member. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

199. Senior Project in Disability Studies. (6 to 8) Show Description
Tutorial, one hour. Limited to juniors/seniors. Required capstone course to Disability Studies minor. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

Approved List of Electives

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Anthropology 147: Selected Topics in Linguistic Anthropology: Diversity and Disruption in Human Communication

Anthropology M168/ Nursing M158: Culture, Illness, and Healing

Community Health Science 100:  Introduction to Community Health Sciences

Community Health Science 132: Health, Disease and Health Services in Latin America

Disability Studies/Women’s Studies M121: Topics in Gender and Disabilities

Education 132: Education of Exceptional Individuals

English 180: Specialized Studies in Literature: Illness Narrative as Genre

History 179A: History of Medicine: Historic Roots of Healing Arts

Honors 142: Madness in the Enlightenment: Care & Cure of Mental Illness

Psychology M119O/ Gerontology M119O: Psychology of Aging

Psychology 129C: Culture and Mental Health

Psychology 132A: Learning Disabilities in Perspective

Psychology 133I: Applied Developmental Psychology

Psychology M140/ Gerontology M140/ Social Welfare M140: Introduction to the Study of Aging

Psychology M180/ Psychiatry M180: Contemporary Problems in Developmental Disabilities

Social Welfare 162: Health Policy and Services

Sociology 148: Sociology of Mental Illness

Spanish 165 SL: Taking it to the Streets: Spanish and Community