Disability Studies
The Disability Studies Program
Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores social, political, cultural, and economic factors that shape disability; considers the ways disability is understood and constructed across different historical moments, cultures, and nations; examines the intersectional relationships amongst disability, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality; and foregrounds the experiences and perspectives of advocates, scholars, artists, and thinkers. The Disability Studies program attunes students to varied ways of thinking, communicating and moving through the world.
Disability Studies Core Course Requirements
The Disability Studies program offers a minor.The Disability Studies minor provides an interdisciplinary learning experience about key disability issues. We approach disability not as fixed or singular category, but as a fluid, historically shifting, culturally specific formation that intersects with race, class, gender, language and nation. Together we will study disability history, culture and politics in ways that foreground disabled people’s experiences, perspectives, and knowledge.
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COURSE #CLASS TITLECREDIT HOURS
DISAB 3000Introduction to Disability Studies3 Credit Hours
DISAB 5880Bad Bodies: Gender & Disability3 Credit Hours -
COURSE #CLASS TITLECREDIT HOURS
ASL 1010Beginning American Sign Language I4 Credit Hours
CSD 4150Communication Disorders in the Media3 Credit Hours
DISAB 5420Race, Disability, and Illness3 Credit Hours
GERON 3001Experiences of Aging: Challenges and Promise3 Credit Hours
GERON 3220Caregiving and Aging Families3 Credit Hours
CSD 4100Understanding Children with Autism and their Families3 Credit Hours
GERON 5001Introduction to Aging3 Credit Hours
SP ED 2010Human Exceptionality3 Credit Hours
SP ED 5010Human Exceptionality3 Credit HoursFCS 5430Families and Healthcare Policy3 Credit HoursSP ED 3020Special Education Globalization and International Perspectives3 Credit Hours
SP ED 5040Legal & Policy Foundations of Special Education3 Credit Hours
Disability Studies Collective
The Disability Collective welcomes disabled people and allies who are faculty, instructors, staff, and/or graduate students at the University of Utah. The group offers opportunities for social interaction, mutual support, and accessibility advocacy.
Advocacy & Engagement
Put your classroom learning to work in the community through coursework, student groups and internships.
Noteworthy
The University of Utah launched the Disability Studies program in 2008.
Disability Studies joined the School for Cultural and Social Transformation in 2018.
Transform Programs
The strength of our divisions and programs comes from our interdisciplinarity approach to historical, cultural, political and lived realities in today's world.
ETHNIC
STUDIES
Our Ethnic Studies program will expand your understanding of issues affecting underrepresented communities.
DISABILITY
STUDIES
Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores social, political, cultural, and economic factors that shape disability.
GENDER
STUDIES
Gender Studies offers a space for the study of a wide range of feminist thought, practices, theory and community-engaged learning.
PACIFIC ISLANDS
STUDIES
The Pacific Islands Studies program provides courses that are designed from an Indigenous Pacific islander perspective.
TRANSFORM YOUR DEGREE
Whether you want to take a broad approach or focus on a specific group or community, we’ve got you covered! Our majors, minors and certificate programs allow you to expand your understanding of issues affecting underserved communities.