Fall 2026 IDS Course Offerings
Undergraduate Course Offerings
DIS 300 Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments
Designed to introduce the student to disability as an element of human diversity that has a significant reciprocal relationship with the environment. We begin by discussing prevalence and incidence of disability across the globe, examine the historical changes in concepts of disability over time, and then study disability as a human phenomenon which both emerges from and influences biological, economic, physical, social, political, spiritual, cultural, technological and virtual environments. (Credits 3)
Class Number: 86679
Meeting Dates: 08/31/26 – 12/11/2026
Instructor: Stephen F. Gilson, Ph.D.
Location: Online Course
Prerequisite: None. Satisfies the General Education Civic Literacy & Social Contexts requirement.
DIS 400 Disability as Diversity I
Examines disability history, theory and current thinking in the field of disability studies. Through interdisciplinary interchange and experiential learning, students will explore the lived experience of people with disabilities and their families across the lifespan, examine and debate ethical dilemmas related to disability, and analyze implicit disability related values reflected in diverse academic and professional fields. Students will apply their learning to their own disciplines. (3 credits)
Class Number: 86680
Meeting Dates: 08/31/26– 12/11/2026
Instructor: Elizabeth DePoy, Ph.D.
Location: Online Course
Prerequisites: None. Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Graduate Course Offering
Analyze the historical context of current disability policy. Critically examine the major federal legislative policies that guide disability responses. Apply, compare, and contrast multiple models of policy analysis to the examination of policy and identification of needed policy change and policy advocacy. (3 credits)
Class number: 86903
Meeting Dates: 08/31/26 – 12/11/2026
Instructor: Elizabeth DePoy, Ph.D.
Location: Online Course
Prerequisite: None