Introduction to Disability Studies
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Overview
Subject area
HSVC
Catalog Number
223
Course Title
Introduction to Disability Studies
Department(s)
Description
This course provides a multidisciplinary overview of disability and an introduction to the emerging field of disability studies, fostering a new understanding of disability in contemporary culture. Students will explore the phenomenon of disability from a variety of perspectives, including historical medical constructs and the emerging social model of disability, discrimination, stigma, and segregation, disability and family life, social welfare policy and service systems, and the links between disability and media and the arts.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Course Schedule
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