NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Disability Studies

Location: 169 CME; Phone: (312) 996-6695.

DIS            501
         Disability Studies I
       4 hours.    

DIS            510
         Concepts in Interdisciplinary Research on Disability
       3 hours.  Same as DHD 510. Restricted to Graduate College.  

DIS            526
         Family Perspectives on Disability
       3 hours.  Same as DHD 526 and CHSC 526. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  

DIS            556
         Theory and Methods of Needs Assessment in Aging and Disability
       4 hours.  Same as CHSC 556, and OT 556. Prerequisite(s): A 400 or 500-level research course such as OT 510, DHD 415, CHSC 446, or SOC 500. The prerequisite research course needs to provide students with an understanding of basic research design, sampling strategies, and an introduction to methods such as surveys and focus groups. Recommended background: Health or behavioral sciences, research methods.  

DIS            561
         Disability and Community Participation: Policy, Systems Change, and Action Research
       4 hours.  Same as OT 561. Depending on the research project, students may or may not need to complete IRB training. More information on the IRB process will be available at the start of the project. To be properly registerd, students must enroll in one Lecture/Discussion and one Practice. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended Background: Previous coursework in disability policy, disability empowerment research and qualitative research.  

DIS            589
         Current Research in Disability Studies
       1 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 10 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Graduate College.  

DIS            590
         Research Project in Disability Studies
       1 TO 8 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Graduate College.  

DIS            593
         Independent Research in Disability Studies
       1 TO 8 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  

DIS            595
         Interdisciplinary Seminar in Disability Studies
       1 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the faculty adviser.  

DIS            596
         Independent Study
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  

DIS            599
         Ph.D. Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the Ph.D. in Disability Studies program and consent of the instructor.