The undergraduate Minor in Disability Studies focuses on the physical, behavioral, biological, and social aspects of disability and chronic health conditions. The minor can include coursework from a broad array of departments, thus accommodating students from different disciplines across the campus. There are no prerequisites for this minor. The curriculum blends cultural and clinical perspectives of disability in society to allow for multiple approaches to understanding disability and to enable individual tailoring to meet students’ varied career interests (e.g., medicine, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech/hearing therapy).

Students must take at least six hours of advanced (300-level or 400-level courses) and six hours of coursework must be distinct from credit earned for the student’s major or another minor. Additional information regarding a minor in Disability Studies can be found here.

for the Undergraduate Minor in Disability Studies

The undergraduate Minor in Disability Studies focuses on the physical, behavioral, biological, and social aspects of disability and chronic health conditions. The minor can include coursework from a broad array of departments, thus accommodating students from different disciplines across the campus. There are no prerequisites for this minor. The curriculum blends cultural and clinical perspectives of disability in society to allow for multiple approaches to understanding disability and to enable individual tailoring to meet students’ varied career interests.

Please refer to https://provost.illinois.edu/education/advising-resources/pursuing-undergraduate-minor/ for additional information regarding policies related to undergraduate minors.

Minimum required course work: Students must take at least six hours of advanced (300-level or 400-level courses) and six hours of coursework must be distinct from credit earned for the student’s major or another minor.

Minimum hours required for completion: 19 hours.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Foundational Courses:		7
REHB/CHLH 330	Disability in American Society
REHB 402	Medical Aspects of Disability
Select one course from the following list of Core Options:		3
RST 260	Disability in Recreation, Sport and Tourism
SHS 352	Hearing Health and Society
CHLH/REHB/KIN 407/ANTH 404	Disability, Culture & Society
KIN 360	Adapted Physical Education
Additional Content Courses Chosen from the following list of electives:		9
ARTD 420	Disability Design
CMN 260	Intro to Health Communication
CMN 462	Interpersonal Health Comm
CMN 463	Organizational Health Comm
CMN 467	Communication & Health Equity
HDFS 208	Child Fam with Special Needs
GWS 366	Feminist Disability Studies
REHB 435	Work and Disability
RST/KIN 230/HDFS 263	Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism
SHS 222	Language & Culture of Deaf Communities
SHS 271	Communication and Aging
SHS 380	Comm Competence and Disorders
SOCW 370	Social Work and Disability Studies
SPED 322	Introduction to Intellectual Disability
Total Hours		19

Disability Studies Minor

department website: http://www.kch.illinois.edu/

department faculty: Kinesiology & Community Health Faculty

college catalog page: Applied Health Sciences

college website: http://www.ahs.illinois.edu/

Programs in Community Health and Kinesiology

Undergraduate Programs:

major: Community Health, BS

concentration: Community Health: Health Education & Promotion, BS

concentration: Community Health: Health Planning & Administration, BS

concentration: Community Health: Rehabilitation Studies, BS

major: Kinesiology, BS

concentration: Kinesiology: Teacher Certification, BS

major: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS

concentration: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Health & Aging, BS

concentration: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Heath Behavior Change, BS

concentration: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Health Diversity, BS

minor: Kinesiology

minor: Disability Studies

minor: Interdisciplinary Aging

minor: Health Administration

minor: Public Health

joint degree: Community Health, BS and Public Health, MPH

joint degree: Community Health, BS and Epidemiology, MPH

joint degree: Kinesiology, BS and Public Health, MPH

joint degree: Kinesiology, BS and Epidemiology, MPH

joint degree: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS and Public Health, MPH

joint degree: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS and Epidemiology, MPH

Graduate Programs:

degree: Kinesiology, MS

degree: Kinesiology, PhD

degree: Community Health, MS

degree: Community Health, PhD

degree: Rehabilitation, MS

degree: Public Health, MPH

degree: Epidemiology, MPH