Interdisciplinary Education

The Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies offers numerous ways to increase knowledge and practice in the field of disabilities.

Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

The interdisciplinary curriculum in Disability Studies provides students a means to explore disability within the larger context of diversity and to examine professional practice, scholarship and policy related to persons with disabilities. Administered through the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, students may enroll in both graduate and undergraduate programs of study.

IDS Course Offerings

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IDS Summer 2009

• DIS 630 - Disability Policy

IDS Fall 2009

• DIS 300 - Disability: Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments

• DIS 400 Disability as Diversity I

• DIS 480 Independent Project in Disability Studies

• DIS 650 Research Seminar in Disability Studies

• DIS 680 Independent Study in Disability Studies

Graduate Study in Early Intervention

The University of Maine's Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and College of Education and Human Development, in collaboration with the Maine State Department of Education sponsor this four-year project to develop, implement, evaluate, and institutionalize an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate personnel preparation program.

University of Maine Academic Links:

The University of Maine Confidentiality of Student Records Policy - Policies and practices in handling student records

UMaine Undergraduate Admissions - Information on undergraduate admissions and programs available at UMaine.

UMaine Graduate Admissions - Information for applying to graduate school.

UMaine Academic Calendar - Listing of academic calendar for current academic year.