Co-Coordinator: Daisy Breneman
Email: brenemdl@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-4247
Co-Coordinator: Susan Ghiaciuc
Email: ghiacisx@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-1613
Disability Studies Minor Website
Program Description
The minor in disability studies engages students in an examination of the many ways disability is defined and constructed. Students will build knowledge of the political, rhetorical, social, educational, historical, legal and medical frameworks of disability through both classroom and experiential study in courses drawn from several disciplines. Students will examine the ways systems inhibit and promote full participation of people with disabilities, explore how communities define and reinforce norms and understand disability as an inherent part of diversity and inclusivity.
The minor in disability studies is open to all undergraduate students at JMU.
Minor Requirements
The introductory course DST 100 can be taken the same semester as core courses. More than one core course can be taken to count toward the overall credit requirement. No more than nine hours may be taken from a single discipline. No more than two courses may be double counted for a student's major/minor.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| DST 100 | Introduction to Disability Studies | 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 | 3 |
| Disability and Justice | |
| Special Topics in Adapted Physical Education | |
| Disability and Society | |
| Medical Sociology | |
| Disability Rhetoric | |
| 3 |
| 15 |
| Medical Anthropology | |
| Special Topics in Anthropology (Sex and the Social: The Cultural Politics of Reproduction) | |
| Equity, Inclusion and Access in Education and Performance | |
| Dance in Community | |
| A History of the Body in the West | |
| Social Justice Theories | |
| Religion and Disability | |
| Religion and Medicine, East and West | |
| Introduction to Health Communication | |
| Disability and Advocacy | |
| Social Deviance | |
| Madness and Society: The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness | |
| Sociology and Psychology of Sport and Recreation | |
| Facilities and Event Management | |
| 15 |
| Total Credits | 19 |
