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Disability minor course catalog

2025-26 catalog

Coordinator: Catherine Webb, Assistant Professor (Communication Sciences and Disorders), B.A., uedbet体育官网 uedbet体育官网; M.S., Nazareth uedbet体育官网; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Requirements (Disability Minor)

20-22 credits
Required credits: 6
Elective credits: 14-16

Required courses

  • DISA 200 (PH, D) Disability and Society (4 credits; offered Spring)
  • DISA 400 Capstone** (2 credits)
     

    **Must have completed 10 credits toward the minor, including DISA 200, prior to taking DISA400

    Electives

    • No more than two courses may be taken per course code.
    • At least 4 credits of electives must be at the 300/400 level.
    • Students must take at least 2 courses from Group A and 1 course from each Groups B & C

    Group A (2 courses)

    • CSD 100 (PS) Human Communication: Disability, Difference, and Disorder
    • ENGL 295 (PH, G) Disability in/and Asian American Literature
    • HIST 333 (PP) Disease & Health
    • PUBH 273 (PH, D) Reproductive Justice
    • RELG 263/363 (PH) Sexual Ethics
    • WGSS 350 (PL, D) Queer Theories

    Group B (no more than 1 course)

    • CSD 410 Neural Bases of Communication
    • EDUC 340 (D) Methods of Inclusion
    • PUBH 100 (PS) Introduction to Public Health
    • PSYC 224 Psychological Disorders
    • SOAN 324 (PS, G) Anthropology of Global Health
    • WGSS 130 (PS) Intro to Gender Studies

    Group C (no more than 1 course)

    • COMM 250 Health Communications
    • CSD 405 Aural Rehabilitation (2 credits)
    • ENGL 125M (PH) Lit and Medicine
    • PHIL 105 (PH) Life and Death
    • PHIL 312 (PH) Philosophy of Medicine
    • PSYC 228 (D) The Psychology of Prejudice
    • RELG 355 (PH) Medical Ethics

    Courses (DISA)