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Minor: Disability Studies
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Blending courses from across campus, the UO Disability Studies minor defines disability as a social phenomenon that touches everyone and helps us understand how societies work. For students with disabilities, the Disability Studies minor offers a curriculum that looks like you and creates community for you and your allies. The minor also gives you cultural competence for a growing range of disability-related careers through knowledge specific to professions. Students gain direct contact with disability communities through a large menu of innovative fieldwork options, as well as with working professionals in a multitude of career fields.TOP FIVE
REASONS TO STUDY Disability Studies
- Learn how to create a more inclusive world.
- Gain deep knowledge of US and global access and equity issues.
- Broaden your horizons with energizing courses across the disciplines.
- Gain hands-on experience through internships and fieldwork.
- Supplement any major, build community, and gain a specialty for future careers.
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Disability Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
541-346-1500
english.uoregon.edu
COURSES YOU MAY NEED
- Three from: ASL 201-202-203, ASL 301, CDS 201, ENG 386, ES 354, HIST 491, HUM 240, INTL. 340, INTL 467, PHIL 335, PPPM 202, PPPM 407, PSY 366, IARC 204
- One from: ASL 101-102-103, ARCH 440, INTL 463, PD 487, PPPM 460, PSY 472
- 4 fieldwork credits
MINOR CREDITS
Required 4 credits
Electives 20 credits
Total 24 credits
WHERE CAN I GO?
- Advocacy
- Non-profit organizations and public interest groups
- K-12 education
- Colleges and universities
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
- Writing skills
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Cultural competence
- Sociopolitical understanding
OTHER MAJORS
- Human Physiology
- Communication Disorders and Sciences
- Psychology
- Education
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies