This course examines the social, historical, cultural, and political construction of disability. Topics of study include disability rights movements, models and theories of disability, disability identity, and disability cultures.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Factors influencing the health & well-being of persons with disability, including models of disability, disability history, law and services, health disparities, health promotion, ethics, violence, and disaster preparedness.

Examines the relationship between deaf and disability studies and explores deafness as both a social construction and an identity. Current and controversial issues in d/Deafness and disability. Additional work required of graduate students.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Representations of disability in autobiographical accounts and professional narratives, and implications of these representations for educational practice and policy.

This course will investigate the intersection of gender and disability and how it impacts such issues as representation/self-representation, art and poetry, illness, education, sexuality, reproduction and motherhood, and caring work.

Explore representations of disability through the analysis of books, movies, television, cartoons, and journalism. It will examine how disability is portrayed by people with and without disabilities, and discuss influences on public perceptions of disability.

A theoretical understanding of disability through the lens of sociology and that of disability studies and demonstrates how cultural institutions shape conceptions of disability in society.

Examinations of the political meanings of human conditions, normality, sexuality, health, and differences from the perspectives of embodied disability and illness. It explores intersectional feminist crip disability studies approaches to violence, injustice, and social changes.

Practical experience in examining how public policy affects the lives of people with disabilities. Open to students admitted to the Disability Studies minor who have completed at least two Disability Studies courses.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.