Minor in Disability Studies
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:
To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:
One* (1) of the following:
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 Disability Arts and Culture
- DST 525 Disability and Representation
- 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
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
PSYCHOLOGY
CHILD AND YOUTH CARE
NUTRITION
CRIMINOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
- GEO 627 Accessibility of Urban Social Services
PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES
OCCUPATIONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
SOCIOLOGY
Please see Senate Policy 2, Section 7.4 for further information about Minors.