Disability, Health, and Bodies (Undergraduate Certificate)

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Offered by the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , the certificate in Disability, Health, and Bodies introduces students to the disciplines of critical disability studies, critical mad studies, critical autism studies, critical body studies, and critical fat studies. These fields encourage students to explore questions related to disability, neurodivergence, and bodily difference from intersectional and interdisciplinary perspectives. Students combine theoretical, methodological, educational, and advocacy perspectives that challenge and redefine legal, physical, policy, and attitudinal barriers toward people with disabilities and those deemed different. Students examine the social constructions of disability, madness, fatness, bodily and mental difference and examine the lived experiences and perspectives of people with disabilities and other physical and mental differences. The interdisciplinary program draws from analysis developed by scholars and practitioners in American studies, public health, psychology, philosophy, religion, advocacy, politics, and law.

Admission to the Program

Open to undergraduate degree and nondegree students.

Certificate Requirements

12 credit hours with grades of C or better
Compliance with all regulations for a certificate (Undergraduate Academic Regulation 10.3 )

Course Requirements

Foundation (6 credit hours)

Electives (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from the following, or other courses approved by program director: