Electives for Undergraduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

Choose a minimum of one course from each of the three categories listed below to complete a total of 15 credits for the electives needed for the Minor in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies. Please refer to the Undergraduate Course Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisites.

Social Change – Courses that critically address social justice in small groups, communities, systems and intellectual trends.

AED 474 – Topics in Art Education, Credits: 3
AED 474 – Topics in Art Education, Credits: 3
ANT 120 – Religions of the World, Credits: 3
ART 110 – 2-D Design, Credits: 3
ART 270 – Digital Art I, Credits: 3
ART 370 – Digital Art II, Credits: 3
ART 372 – Digital Art IIC: Interactivity, Credits: 3
BUA 220 – The Legal Environment of Business, Credits: 3
BUA 325 – Principles of Management and Organization, Credits: 3
CHF 200 – Family Interaction, Credits: 3
CHF 351 – Human Sexuality, Credits: 3
CHF 381 – Family Resource Management, Credits: 3
CHF 406 – Introduction to Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations, Credits: 3
CHF 442 – Helping Skills, Credits: 3
CHF 452 – Violence in the Family, Credits: 3
CIE 115 – Computers in Civil Engineering, Credits: 3
CMJ 100 – Introduction to Mass Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 102 – Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 103 – Fundamentals of Public Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 106 – Storytelling, Credits: 3
CMJ 236 – Journalism Writing and Editing, Credits: 3
CMJ 261 – Photographic Reporting and Storytelling, Credits: 3
CMJ 314 – International Mass Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 332 – Public Affairs Reporting and Research, Credits: 3
CMJ 380 – Advertising, Media and Society, Credits: 3
CMJ 402 – Communication Research, Credits: 3
CMJ 403 – Persuasion and Social Influence, Credits: 3
CMJ 420 – Health Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 434 – Editorial and Opinion Writing, Credits: 3
CMJ 450 – Communication and Technology, Credits: 3
COS 120 – Introduction to Programming I, Credits: 3
COS 420 – Introduction to Software Engineering, Credits: 3
COS 470 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Credits: 3
CSD 101 – American Sign Language I, Credits: 3
CSD 102 – American Sign Language II, Credits: 3
CSD 108 – Directed Speech Improvement, Credits: 1
ECE 101 – Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Credits: 3 **
**Relevant Engineering skills course
ECE 417 – Introduction to Robotics, Credits: 3
ECE 471 – Embedded Systems, Credits: 3
ECO 120 – Principles of Microeconomics, Credits: 3
ECO 121 – Principles of Macroeconomics, Credits: 3
EDT 400 – Integrating Technology for Teaching and Learning, Credits: 3
ENG 206 – Descriptive and Narrative Writing, Credits: 3
ENG 212 – Persuasive and Analytical Writing, Credits: 3
ENG 280 – Introduction to Film, Credits: 3
ENG 309 – Writing Creative Nonfiction, Credits: 3
ERL 319 – Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Preschool to Grade 3, Credits: 4
ERL 320 – Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Grades 4-8, Credits: 3
ESC 316 – Teaching Science in the Elementary School (K-8), Credits: 3
ESC 452 – Teaching Science in the Secondary School, Credits: 3
ESS 315 – Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School, Credits: 3
ESS 441 – Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School, Credits: 3
FSN 301 – Life Cycle Nutrition, Credits: 3
FSN 401 – Community Nutrition, Credits: 4
HTY 103 – Creating America to 1877, Credits: 3
HTY 311 – Research Seminar, Credits: 3
INV 121 – Innovation Engineering: Fundamentals, Credits: 3
ISE 104 – Design Basics for New Media, Credits: 3
KPE 262 – Methods of Teaching Physical Activity, Credits: 3
KPE 344 – Principles of Coaching, Credits: 3
KPE 367 – Adaptive Physical Education, Credits: 3
KPE 400 – General Medical Conditions and Disabilities in Sport, Credits: 3
KPE 425 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Credits: 3
LBR 200 – Information Literacy, Credits: 3
LDR 100 – Foundations of Leadership, Credits: 3
LDR 300 – Advanced Leadership Theory and Practice, Credits: 3
LST 101 – Introduction to Labor Studies, Credits, 3
MEE 101 – Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Credits: 1
MUE 320 – Teaching of General Music: Elementary, Credits: 3
MUE 321 – Teaching of General Music: Secondary, Credits: 3
NMD 104 – Design Basics for New Media, Credits: 3
NMD 202 – Information Design, Credits: 3
NMD 240 – Introduction to Web Concepts and Design, Credits: 3
NMD 302 – Interaction Design in New Media, Credits: 3
NMD 341 – Photographic Reporting and Storytelling, Credits, 3
NMD 370 – 3D Modeling and Animation, Credits: 3
NUR 415 – Socio-Cultural Issues in Health and Health Care, Credits: 3
PAX 250 – Peace and Pop Culture, Credits: 3
PAX 451 – Mediation: Its Premises, Practices and Policies, Credits: 3
PHI 100 – Contemporary Moral Problems, Credits: 3
PHI 103 – Methods of Reasoning, Credits: 3
PHI 232 – Environmental Ethics, Credits: 3
PHI 235 – Biomedical Ethics, Credits: 3
PSY 230 – Social Psychology, Credits: 3
SED 302 – Adapting Instruction for Students with Disabilities, Credits: 3
SOC 101 – Introduction to Sociology, Credits: 3
SOC 220 – Deviance and Social Control, Credits: 3
SWK 330 – Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Pluralism, Credits: 3
SWK 440 – Social Welfare Policy and Issues, Credits: 3
SWK 463 – Generalist Social Work Practice III, Credits: 3
SWK 491 – Methods of Social Work Research, Credits: 3
THE 117 – Fundamentals of Acting, Credits: 3

Diversity Studies – Courses that address aspects of human difference.

ANT 102 – Introduction to Anthropology: Diversity of Cultures, Credits: 3
ANT 120 – Religions of the World, Credits: 3
ANT 400 – Basic Theory in Cultural Anthropology, Credits: 3
ANT 451 – Native American Cultures and Identities, Credits: 3
ANT 466 – Economic Anthropology, Credits: 3
ARA 101 – Elementary Arabic I, Credits: 5
ARH 100 – Art and Human Experience, Credits: 3
ARH 155 – Art and Visual Culture in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, Credits: 3
BIO 208 – Anatomy and Physiology, Credits: 4
BIO 462 – Principles of Genetics, Credits: 3
CAN 101 – Introduction to Canadian Studies, Credits: 3
CHF 201 – Introduction to Child Development, Credits: 3
CHF 331 – Cognitive Development, Credits: 3
CHF 404 – Selected Topics in Child Development and Family Life, Credits: 3*
*Requires coordinator approval
CHF 433 – Adolescence, Credits: 3
CHF 434 – Adult Development and Aging, Credits: 3
CHI 101 – Elementary Chinese I, Credits: 5
CLA 401 – Amazons: Myth and Reality, Credits: 3
CMJ 202 – Communication Studies II, Credits: 3
CMJ 314 – International Mass Communication, Credits: 3
CSD 130 – Introduction to Communication Science and Disorders, Credits: 3
CSD 380 – Language Development, Credits: 3
CSD 481 – Phonological Development and Phonetics, Credits: 4
DIS 300 – Disability: Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments, Credits: 3
DIS 480 – Independent Project in Disability Studies, Credits: 1-6
EHD 202 – Education in a Multicultural Society, Credits: 3
ENG 131 – The Nature of Story, Credits: 3
ENG 237 – Coming of Age in America, Credits: 3
ENG 243 – Topics in Multicultural Literature, Credits: 3
ENG 246 – American Women’s Literature,Credits: 3
FRE 102 – Elementary French II, Credits: 3-4
FRE 202 – Intermediate French II, Credits: 3-4
FRE 218 – Accelerated French II, Credits: 6
FRE 306 – French Conversation and Composition II, Credits: 3
FRE 315 – Advanced French Conversation, Credits: 3
FRE 408 – Twentieth Century French Literature, Credits: 3
FRE 463 – Quebec Poetry, Credits: 3
FRE 495 – Senior Project in French, Credits: 0-3
FSN 270 – World Food and Nutrition, Credits: 3
GER 102 – Elementary German II, Credits: 4
GER 204 – Intermediate German II, Credits: 3-4
HBR 102 – Beginning Modern Hebrew II, Credits: 3
HTY 110 – Introduction to Modern Latin America, Credits: 3
HTY 220 – North American Indian History, Credits: 3
HTY 241 – History of Globalization, 1900-Present, Credits: 3
HTY 437 – History of Modern Japan, Credits: 3
HTY 442 – The United States and Vietnam: A History, Credits: 3
HTY 446 – History of Modern Middle East, 1800-Present, Credits: 3
HTY 474 – History of U.S. Foreign Relations II, Credits: 3
HTY 480 – Global Environmental History, Credits: 3
HTY 483 – Violence in North American History, Credits: 3
HTY 494 – Women, History and American Society: Selected Topics, Credits: 3
INT 490 – (University Wide) Lies, Deception and Heroification, Credits: 3
KPE 270 – Motor Development and Learning, Credits: 3
MLC 175 – Multiculturalism in America, Credits: 3
MSL 390 – Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency, Credits: 3
NAS 101 – Introduction to Native American Studies, Credits: 3
NAS 102 – Introduction to Wabanaki Culture, History and Contemporary Issues, Credits: 3
NAS 270 – Native American Women, Credits: 3
NAS 401 – Advanced Topics in Native American Studies, Credits: 3
NUR 415 – Socio-Cultural Issues in Health and Health Care, Credits: 3
NUR 452 – Community ad Population Health, Credits: 3
PAX 400 – Martin Luther King and the Promise of Social Renewal, Credits: 3
PHI 286 – Religions and Philosophies of the East: Hinduism, Credits: 3
PHI 364 – Views of Self: East and West, Credits: 3
POS 368 – China, Credits: 3
POS 467 – African Politics, Credits: 3
PSY 208 – Theories of Personality, Credits: 3
PSY 212 – Abnormal Psychology, Credits: 3
PSY 223 – Psychology of Childhood, Credits: 3
PSY 224 – Psychology of Adolescence, Credits: 3
PSY 251 – Psychology of Motivation, Credits: 3
PSY 350 – Cognition, Credits: 3
PSY 361 – Sensation and Perception, Credits: 3
PSY 425 – Social Issues in Developmental Psychology, Credits: 3
PSY 427 – Emotional Development, Credits: 3
SED 302 – Adapting Instruction to Students with Disabilities, Credits: 3
SOC 201 – Social Inequality, Credits: 3
SOC 202 – Social Problems, Credits: 3
SOC 208 – Problems of Violence and Terrorism, Credits: 3
SOC 337 – Sociology of Mental Illness, Credits: 3
SOC 371 – Immigration, Women and Society, Credits: 3
SPA 101 – Elementary Spanish I, Credits: 3-4
SPA 102 – Elementary Spanish II, Credits: 3-4
SPA 204 – Intermediate Spanish II, Credits: 3-4
SPA 217 – Accelerated Spanish II, Credits: 6
SPA 406 – Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century, Credits: 3
SPA 410 – Latin American Novel, Credits: 3
SWK 330 – Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Pluralism, Credits: 3
SWK 350 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment I, Credits: 3
SWK 351- Human Behavior and the Social Environment II, Credits: 3
VOX 106 – Beginning Spoken Italian I, Credits: 3
VOX 107 – Beginning Spoken Japanese I, Credits: 3
VOX 108 – Beginning Spoken Korean I, Credits: 3
VOX 110 – Beginning Spoken Russian I, Credits: 3
VOX 136 – Beginning Spoken Italian II, Credits: 3
VOX 137 – Beginning Spoken Japanese II, Credits: 3
VOX 138 – Beginning Spoken Korean II, Credits: 3
VOX 140 – Beginning Spoken Russian II,Credits: 3
WGS 101 – Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Credits: 3
WGS 103 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Credits: 3
WGS 371 – Immigration, Women and Society, Credits: 3
WGS 480 – Senior Seminar in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Credits: 3

Environmental Context – Courses that address the full range of contexts in which people live, including virtual, spiritual, and other abstract contexts.

AED 270 – Introduction to Visual Culture and Learning, Credits: 3
ANT 431 – Folklore, the Environment and Public Policy, Credits: 3
ARH 155 – Art and Visual Culture in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, Credits: 3
ART 120 – 3-D Design, Credits: 3
AVS 150 – History of Human-Animal Relationship, Credits: 3
AVS 152 – History of Infectious Disease and Public Health, Credits: 3
BIO 222 – Biology: The Living Science, Credits: 3
BUA 220 – Legal Environment of Business, Credits: 3
BUA 326 – Organizational Behavior, Credits: 3
CET 451 – Construction Law, Credits: 3
CHF 404 – Selected Topics in Child Development and Family Life, Credits: 3*
*Requires coordinator approval
CHY 101 – Chemistry for Everyday Living, Credits: 3
CMJ 100 – Introduction to Mass Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 103 – Fundamentals of Public Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 107 – Communication and the Environment, Credits: 3
CMJ 360 – Nonverbal Communication, Credits: 3
CMJ 375 – Journalism Studies II: Law & Ethics, Credits: 3
COS 101 – Introduction to PC Hardware and Windows, Credits: 1
COS 102 – Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web, Credits: 1
COS 103 – Introduction to Spreadsheets, Credits: 1
COS 104 – Introduction to Presentation Software, Credits: 1
ECO 180 – Citizens, Energy and Sustainability, Credits: 3
ECO 190 – World Food Supply, Population and the Environment, Credits: 3
ECO 333 – Labor Markets and Human Resource Development, Credits: 3
EES 100 – Human Population and the Global Environment, Credits: 3
ENG 131 – The Nature of Story, Credits: 3
ERS 102 – Environmental Geology, Credits: 4
ERS 103 – Dynamic Earth, Credits: 3
ERS 108 – Beaches and Coasts, Credits: 3
ERS 201 – Global Environmental Change, Credits: 4
FAS 120 – People, Places and Pasts, Credits: 3
FSN 270 – World Food and Nutrition, Credits: 3
GEE 250 – Sustainable Solutions in the Developing World, Credits: 3
GEO 100 – World Geography, Credits: 3
HON 111 – Civilizations: Past, Present and Future I, Credits: 4
HON 112 – Civilizations: Past, Present and Future II, Credits: 4
HTY 103 – Creating America to 1877, Credits: 3
HTY 213 – History of the Maine Woods, Credits: 3
HTY 220 – North America Indian History, Credits: 3
HTY 420 – Science and Society Since 1800, Credits: 3
HTY 477 – The American Worker, Credits: 3
HTY 480 – Global Environmental History, Credits: 3
MES 101 – Introduction to Maine Studies, Credits: 3
MUL 202 – The Art of Listening to Music: Historical Survey, Credits: 3
NMD 100 – Introduction to New Media, Credits: 3
NUR 452 – Community and Population Health, Credits: 3
PHI 100 – Contemporary Moral Problems, Credits: 3
PHI 104 – Existentialism and Literature, Credits: 3
PHI 232 – Environmental Ethics, Credits: 3
PHI 240 – Social and Political Philosophy, Credits: 3
PHI 244 – Philosophy of Law, Credits: 3
PHI 344 – Theories of Justice, Credits: 3
PHI 353 – Philosophy of Mind, Credits: 3
POS 100 – American Government, Credits: 3
POS 282 – Introduction to American Law, Credits: 3
POS 304 – American Political Thought, Credits: 3
POS 384 – American Civil Liberties, Credits: 3
SMS 108 – Beaches and Coasts, Credits: 3
SOC 101 – Introduction to Sociology, Credits: 3
SOC 314 – Law and Society, Credits: 3
SOC 371 – Immigration, Women and Society, Credits: 3
THE 111 – Introduction to Theater, Credits: 3
WGS 101 – Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Credits: 3
WGS 230 – Women, Health and the Environment, Credits: 3
WGS 371 – Immigration, Women and Society, Credits: 3

Updated: March 2017