Course List

Core Courses - Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies

The core courses are intended to ensure that students have a common basic understanding of the different aspects of Critical Disability Studies. (Note:  Not all of these courses are offered in every academic year).

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  1. CDIS 5100 6.0: Disability Studies: An Overview
  2. CDIS 5110 3.0: Methodology
  3. CDIS 5120 3.0: Critical Disability Law
  4. CDIS 6001 0.0: MA Major Research Paper
  5. CDIS 6100 6.0: Doctoral Seminar in Critical Disability Theory and Research

Cross-Listed Courses for the Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies & Health

CDIS 5045 3.0 /HLTH 5450 3.0 Health Equity and Mental Health Policy

CDIS 5095 3.0/HLTH 5490 3.0 Intersectionality, Disability and Health

Elective Courses - Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies

(Note: Not all elective courses will be offered every year. Cognate electives will be allowed, with permission).

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  1. CDIS 5020 3.0: Social Justice in the Labour Force
  2. CDIS 5025 3.0 History of Health Care Ethics from Ancient Times to the Present
  3. CDIS 5030 3.0: Pedagogy and Empowerment
  4. CDIS 5035 3.0: Mad People's History
  5. CDIS 5040 3.0: Experience, Identity and Social Theory
  6. CDIS 5045 3.0: Health Equity and Mental Health Policy
  7. CDIS 5050 3.0: Disability in Cultural Context
  8. CDIS 5055 3.0: Knowledge Production
  9. CDIS 5060 3.0: Disability in an Age of Information Technology
  10. CDIS 5065 3.0: Health Systems, Issues and Inequities in Comparative Perspective
  11. CDIS 5070 3.0: Geography of Disability
  12. CDIS 5075 3.0: Disability and the Mass Media
  13. CDIS 5080 3.0: Language, Literature and Disability
  14. CDIS 5085 3.0:  Indigeneity and Disability: Intersections of Health and Human Rights
  15. CDIS 5090 3.0: Public Policy and Disabilities
  16. CDIS 6120 3.0: Social Inclusion: Theory and Practice in Education and Social Policy
  17. CDIS 6130 3.0: International Development in Disability and Human Rights
  18. CDIS 6140 3.0: Health and Disability
  19. CDIS 6150 3.0: Critical Interpretations of Disability History