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Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (IDS)

Electives for undergraduate concentration in IDS:

Choose a minimum of one course from each of the three categories listed below to complete a total of 12-15 credits. Course descriptions are available in the Undergraduate Course Catalog.

Social Change — Courses that critically address social justice in small groups, communities, systems and intellectual trends.

• AED 474 - Topics in Art Education, Credits: 3
• ANT 424 - Narrative, Credits: 3
• ART 370 - Digital Art IIA: 3D Modeling and Animation, Credits: 3
• ART 371 - Digital Art IIB: Digital Video, Credits: 3
• ART 372 - Digital Art IIC: Interactivity, Credits: 3
• BUA 268 - Electronic Commerce, Credits: 3
• BUA 325 - Principles of Management and Organization, Credits: 3
• CHF 381 - Family Resource Management, Credits: 3
• CHF 406 - Introduction to Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations, Credits: 3
• CHF 430 - Applied Self Control, Credits: 3
• CIE 115 - Computers in Civil Engineering, Credits: 3
• CMJ 103 - Fundamentals of Public Communication, Credits: 3
• CMJ 236 - Writing for Mass Media, Credits: 3
• CMJ 332 - Public Affairs Reporting, Credits: 3
• CMJ 402 - Communication Research, Credits: 3
• CMJ 403 - Persuasion and Social Influence, Credits: 3
• CMJ 420 - Health Communication, Credits: 3
• CMJ 434 - Editorial and Opinion Writing, Credits: 3
• CMJ 450 - Communication and Technology, Credits: 3
• COS 120 - Introduction to Programming I, Credits: 3
• COS 420 - Introduction to Software Engineering, Credits: 3
• COS 470 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Credits: 3
• CSD 108 - Directed Speech Improvement, Credits: 3
• CSD 101 - American Sign Language I, Credits: 3
• CSD 102 - American Sign Language II, Credits: 3
• ECE 101 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Credits: 4**
• ECE 417 - Introduction to Robotics, Credits: 3**
• ECE 471 - Microprocessor Applications, Credits: 3
• **Relevant Engineering skills courses
• EDC 333 - Curriculum Development and Evaluation, Credits: 1.5-3
• EDT 400 - Computers in Education, Credits: 3
• EDW 472 - Workshop in Secondary Education, Credits: 3
• ENG 206 - Descriptive/Narrative Writing, Credits: 3
• ENG 212 - Persuasive and Analytical Writing, Credits: 3
• ENG 309 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction, Credits: 3
• ERL 319 - Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School, Credits: 3
• ERL 320 - Teaching Language Arts in the Elementary School, Credits: 3
• ESC 316 – Teaching Science in the Elementary School (K-8), Credits: 3
• ESC 452 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School, Credits: 3
• ESS 315 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School, Credits: 3
• ESS 441 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School, Credits: 3
• FSN 301 - Life Cycle Nutrition, Credits: 3
• FSN 401 - Community Nutrition, Credits: 4
• HTY 311 - Research Seminar, Credits: 3
• ISE 104 - Design Basics for New Media, Credits: 3
• KPE 262 - Methods-Teaching Physical Education, Credits: 3
• KPE 278 - Health Education, Credits: 2
• KPE 344 - Principles of Coaching, Credits: 3
• KPE 367 - Mainstreaming in Physical Education-Recreation, Credits: 3
• KPE 400 - General Medical Conditions and Disabilities in Sport, Credits: 3
• KPE 425 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Credits: 3
• MEE 101 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Credits: 1
• MUE 320 - Teaching of General Music: Elementary, Credits: 3
• MUE 321 - Teaching of General Music: Secondary, Credits: 3
• NMD 104 - Design Basics for New Media, Credits: 3
• NMD 202 - Dynamic Website Development, Credits: 3
• NMD 240 - Introduction to Web Concepts and Design, Credits: 3
• NMD 302 - Interactive Web Development, Credits: 3
• PAA 390 - Technical Writing and Communication in Public Service, Credits: 3
• PAA 430 - Organizational Change in Public Service, Credits: 3
• PAX 451 – Mediation: Its Premises, Practices and Policies, Credits: 3
• PHI 103 - Methods of Reasoning, Credits: 3
• SED 402 - Adapting Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Credits: 3
• SOC 369 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Credits: 3
• SWK 463 – Generalist Social Work Practice III, Credits: 3
• SWK 491 - Methods of Social Work Research, Credits: 3
• THE 117 - Fundamentals of Acting, Credits: 3
• THE 405 - Drama in Education, Credits: 3

Diversity Studies — Courses that address aspects of human difference.

• ANT 102 - Introduction to Anthropology: Diversity of Cultures, Credits: 3
• ANT 300 - Basic Theory in Cultural Anthropology, Credits: 3
• ANT 437 - Medical Anthropology, Credits: 3
• ANT 466 - Economic Anthropology, Credits: 3
• ANT 481 - Language, Culture and Society, Credits: 3
• ARH 100 - Art and Human Experience, Credits: 3
• BIO 208 - Anatomy and Physiology, Credits: 3
• BIO 462 - Principles of Genetics, Credits: 3
• CHF 201 - Introduction to Child Development, Credits: 3
• CHF 331 - Cognitive Development, Credits: 3
• CHF 433 - Adolescence, Credits: 3
• CHF 434 - Adult Development and Aging, Credits: 3
• CMJ 202 - Communication Studies II, Credits: 3
• CSD 130 - Introduction to Communication Science and Disorders, Credits: 3
• CSD 302 - Issues in Hearing Loss, Credits: 3
• CSD 380 - Language Development, Credits: 3
• CSD 481 - Phonological Development and Phonetics, Credits: 4
• DIS 300 – Disability: Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments, Credits: 3
• DIS 480 - Independent Project in Disability Studies, Credits: 1-6
• DIS 490 - Selected Topics in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, Credits: 1-6
• ENG 237 - Coming of Age in America, Credits: 3
• ENG 450 - Cultural Borderlands in Contemporary American Literature, Credits: 3
• INT 490 – (University Wide) Lies, Deception and Heroification, Credits: 3
• KPE 270 - Motor Development and Learning
• MLC 175 - Multiculturalism in America, Credits: 3
• NUR 415 - Socio-Cultural Issues in Health and Health Care, Credits: 3
• NUR 423 – Ethical Issues in Health Care, Credits: 3
• PAA 350 - Human Resources in Public Service, Credits: 3
• PAA 425 - Healthcare System Management, Credits: 3
• PHI 364 - Views of Self: East and West, Credits: 3
• PSY 208 - Theories of Personality, Credits: 3
• PSY 212 - Abnormal Psychology, Credits: 3
• PSY 223 - Psychology of Childhood, Credits: 3
• PSY 224 - Psychology of Adolescence, Credits: 3
• PSY 251 - Psychology of Motivation, Credits: 3
• PSY 325 - Psychology of Infant Development, Credits: 3
• PSY 350 - Cognition, Credits: 3
• PSY 361 - Sensation and Perception, Credits: 3
• PSY425 - Social Issues in Developmental Psychology, Credits: 3
• PSY 427 - Emotional Development, Credits: 3
• SED 402 – Adapting Instruction to Students with Severe Disabilities, Credits: 3
• SOC 202 - Deviance and Social Control, Credits: 3
• SOC 201 - Social Inequality, Credits: 3
• SOC 316 - Sociology of Aging, Credits: 3
• SOC 337 - Sociology of Mental Illness, Credits: 3
• SOC 339 - Sociology of Health and Medicine, Credits: 3
• SWK 330 - Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Pluralism, Credits: 3
• SWK 350 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I, Credits: 3
• SWK 351- Human Behavior and the Social Environment II, Credits: 3

Environmental Context — Courses that address the full range of contexts in which people live, including virtual, spiritual, and other abstract contexts.

• AED 270 - Introduction to Visual Culture and Learning, Credits: 3
• ARH 155 - Art History I, Credits: 3
• ART 120 – 3D Design
• AVS 150 - History of Human-Animal Relationship, Credits: 3
• BUA 220 - Legal Environment of Business, Credits: 3
• CET 451 - Construction Law, Credits: 4
• CHY 101 - Chemistry for Everyday Living, Credits: 3
• CMJ 100 - Introduction to Mass Communication, Credits: 3
• CMJ 360 - Nonverbal Communication, Credits: 3
• CMJ 375 - Mass Media Law and Regulation, Credits: 3
• COS 101 – Introduction to PC Hardware and Windows, Credits: 1
• COS 102 – Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web, Credits: 1
• COS 103 – Introduction to Spreadsheets, Credits: 1
• COS 104 – Introduction to Presentation Software, Credits: 1
• ECO 107- The World Economy: Changes and Challenges, Credits: 3
• ECO 333 - Labor Markets and Human Resource Development, Credits: 3
• GEO 201 - Introduction to Human Geography, Credits: 3
• HON 111 - Civilizations: Past, Present and Future I, Credits: 4
• HON 112 - Civilizations: Past, Present and Future II, Credits: 4
• HTY 197 - Technology and Society I, Credits: 3
• HTY 198 - Technology and Society II, Credits: 3
• HTY 420 - Science and Society Since 1800, Credits: 3
• HTY 477 - The American Worker, Credits: 3
• NMD 100 - Introduction to New Media, Credits: 3
• PAA 100 - Introduction to Public Administration, Credits: 3
• PAA 233 – The American City, Credits: 3
• PAA 380 - Police and the Community, Credits: 3
• PAA 410 - Local Government Law, Credits: 3
• PHI 240 - Social and Political Philosophy, Credits: 3
• PHI 244 - Philosophy of Law, Credits: 3
• PHI 335 - Contemporary Ethics, Credits: 3
• PHI 344 - Theories of Justice, Credits: 3
• PHI 353 - Philosophy of Mind, Credits: 3
• POS 100 - American Government, Credits: 3
• POS 282 - Introduction to American Law, Credits: 3
• POS 304 - American Political Thought, Credits: 3
• POS 384 - American Civil Liberties, Credits: 3
• PRT 225 - Readings In Outdoor Recreation, Credits: 3
• SOC 110 - Sociology of Popular Culture, Credits: 3
• SOC 314 - Law and Society, Credits: 3

 

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