Disability Studies Minor

Students in the disability studies minor will develop or enhance their understanding of the meanings and effects of disability in a range of historical, cultural, and geographic contexts by exploring the experiences and expertise of disabled people across a range of disciplines. Coursework will focus on both conceptual and concrete skills that will enable students to work toward producing more accessible built and social environments. Additionally, disability studies minors will have the opportunity to participate in and contribute to Fordham's Research Consortium on Disability and its associated events, engage in research projects with faculty, and participate in the broader community of disability studies scholarship in New York City.

This minor may be of particular interest to those with professional goals in human rights, medicine, and allied health, psychology, public policy, education, social work, law, design, and the humanities.

Six courses in disability studies are required for the minor.

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Courses with the DIUL attribute, listed below, may fulfill this requirement, as may DISA 4999 Independent Study, when taken for 3 or more credits.

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Any course with the DISA attribute or the DIUL attribute (see lists below) may fulfill this requirement.

Upper-Level Disability Studies electives 

Courses in this group have the DIUL attribute.

Disability Studies electives

Courses in this group have the DISA attribute.

Availability

The minor in disabilities studies is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill and at Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies may minor in disabilities studies only if they receive the approval of their advising dean and/or department, and their schedules are sufficiently flexible to permit them to take day courses at the Rose Hill or Lincoln Center campuses.