Disability Studies

(Minor)

Interdisciplinary Program

Coordinator: Professor David Goode, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work; Building 4S, Room 236

The minor in Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary course of study in which students select from a variety of courses concerned with matters of interest to persons with disabilities. The student is required to take a core set of courses in the social and psychological sciences supplemented by a choice from a list of disability-related courses. The minor may be taken in combination with any baccalaureate degree.

Requirements:

SWK 107	Introduction to Developmental Disabilities	3 credits
PSY 211	Methods of Applied Behavioral Analysis	4 credits
SOC 350	Psychosocial Aspects of Disabilities	4 credits

One additional course chosen from the following:

ASL 113	American Sign Language I	5 credits
EDP 220	Special Education Needs of the Developmentally Disabled	4 credits
EDP 310	Survey of Exceptional Children I	4 credits
EDP 311	Survey of Exceptional Children II	4 credits
NRS 230	Health in Persons with Developmental Disabilities	4 credits
SWK 440	Internship in Developmental Disabilities	4 credits

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