Minor in Disability Studies

Minors

The Minor in Disability Studies allows students to explore key issues and debates related to disability. Starting from the perspectives of disabled and mad people, courses highlight advocacy, social transformation and equity. Curriculum is intended to build expertise around accessibility, ethics, law, arts, literature, design, technology, health, social care, rights and justice. Students are encouraged to build a minor that complements and extends their discipline.

Administered by: School of Disability Studies

Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following programs:

Disability Studies

Revised curriculum begins 2021-2022 for students admitted Fall 2021 and after. Students admitted Fall 2020 and before may follow the revised curriculum or the previous curriculum as published in the 2020-2021 Undergraduate Calendar.

To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:

One* (1) of the following:

DST 501	Rethinking Disability
INT 902	Disability Issues
SWP 921	Disability Issues Social Work Practice

A minimum of three (3) courses from the following:

DST 300	Whose Lives Matter?
DST 500†	History of Madness
	(or DST 504† Mad People's History)
DST 502	Disability and the State
DST 503	Current Topics in Disability I
DST 506	Principles and Practices of Accessibility
DST 507**	Disability, Justice and Good Human Life
	(or PHL 507** Ethics and Disability)
DST 508	Cripping the Arts in Canada
DST 509	Crip Culture in Canada
DST 525	Disability, Representation/s and Culture
DST 603	Law and Disability
DST 604	Current Topics in Disability II
DST 605	Sexuality, Desire and Disability
DST 613	Strategies for Community Building
DST 614	Community, Access and Technology
DST 725	The Politics and Practice of Interventions
DST 727	Leadership Practices for Changing Times
INT 921	Writing Bodies Differently

A maximum of two (2) courses from the following:

NOTE: Courses are grouped by topic to help guide course selection.

SOCIAL WORK

SWP 905	Criticl. Appr. to Mental Health and Madness
SWP 931	Human Rights for Social Workers
SWP 950	Fat Studies and Fat Activism
SWP 938	Innovative Organizing in Precarious Times

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

CLD 445	Inclusion and Consultation
CLD 315	Creative Arts II
CLD 241	Children with Disabilities
CLD 447	Equity Issues in Ontario ECE
CLD 206	Language Development

PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 102	Introduction to Psychology I
PSY 202	Intro to Psychology II
PSY 302	Child Development
PSY 808	Community Psychology

CHILD AND YOUTH CARE

CYC 602	Children's Rights
CYC 900	Diversity Issues for Children and Youth

NUTRITION

FNF 100	Families and Health
FNY 403	Food Security Concepts and Principles

CRIMINOLOGY

CRM 402	Criminal justice and Social Inequity
CRM 205	Gender, Sexuality and the Law

GEOGRAPHY

GEO 627

Accessibility of Urban Social Services

PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

PPA 319	Politics of Work and Labour
PPA 125††	Rights Equity and the State
POG 315††	Equity and Human Rights in Canada

LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES

ASL 101	Introductory American Sign Language 1
ASL 201	Introductory American Sign Language Il
ASL 301	Intermediate American Sign Language 1
ASL 401	Intermediate American Sign Language II

OCCUPATIONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

ENH 121	Environment Health Law
ENH 712	Health Education
OHS 477	Disability Management
OHS 516	Ergonomics
POH 201	Determinants of Health

SOCIOLOGY

SOC 105	Introduction to Sociology
SOC 107	Sociology of the Everyday
SOC 300	Sociology of Equity and Diversity

*Only one of DST 501, INT 902 and SWP 921 can be used toward the Minor.

** Only of DST 507 and PHL 507 one can be used toward the Minor.

† Only one of DST 500 or DST 504 can be used toward the Minor.

†† Only one of PPA125 or POG315 can be used toward the Minor.

Please see (PDF file) Senate Policy 2, Section 7.4 for further information about Minors.