Summer 2026 IDS Course Offerings
Graduate Offering
DIS 500 Contemporary Disability Theory
Class Number: 20654
Dates: July 6, 2026 – August 21,2026
Instructor: Elizabeth Depoy
Location: Web/Online
Critically examines historical and contemporary context of disability and analyzes the emergence of disability as a contemporary category of human diversity. Identification and analysis of the political, social, economic, intellectual, and technological trends relevant to disability rights. Analyzes universal principles as the next paradigmatic framework for the promotion of socially just community responses to diversity and difference. Credits: 3
Prerequisite: None
Satisfies Cultural Diversity & International Perspective (and) Population and Environment General Education Requirement.