2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Disability Studies (DST) Minor

 
Required Minor Courses
HD 1134Introduction to Disabilities Studies (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States)3
HD 1004Human Development I: Childhood and Adolescence (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
HD 4714Senior Capstone Seminar3
STS 3284Technology and Disability (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities)3
RED 4664Universal Design (6D) 13
or MUS 2134 Disability Culture & the Arts
Subtotal15
Elective Courses 2
Select two of the following:6
Issues in Aging
Education of Exceptional Learners (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Psychological Disorders of Children
Medical Dilemmas and Human Experience
Subtotal6
Total Credits21
1

Either RED 4664 or MUS 2134 can be taken to fulfill the core requirements. If both are taken, one can count toward elective hours.

2

The order of courses in the checksheet is the suggested {but not required) sequence, with two electives taken after completion of HD 1004 and 1134, but before HD 4714.

Graduation Requirements

Hours requirement: A minimum of 21 hours is required to graduate with a Disability Studies {DST) minor.

GPA requirement: A GPA of 2.5 is required for the DST minor. All courses listed on this checksheet are included in the DST minor GPA calculation.

Prerequisites: Some courses listed on this checksheet have prerequisites. Consult the University Catalog.

Double-counting: Any student pursuing multiple minor degree programs may use courses completed for other minor programs towards completion quotas for this minor {provided, of course, that the course in question is one listed on this checksheet as a requirement or elective).