Disability minor course catalog
2024-25 catalog
Coordinator: Catherine Webb, Assistant Professor (Communication Sciences and Disorders), B.A., Augustana College; M.S. Nazareth College; 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)
This course serves to tie together the electives chosen by students on the topic of disability through independent study. Students will produce a substantial project (research or creative) that reflects their interest in disability and their chosen vocation.
**Must have completed 14 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 8 credits from Group A and no more than 4 credits each from Groups B & C
Group A (at least 8 credits)
- 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
- SOAN 221 (PP, D) Inequality in America
- WGSS 350 (PL, D) Queer Theories
Group B (no more than 4 credits)
- 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 4 credits)
- 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