Disability Studies MA

Program Schedule

Below is a one-year sample completion plan with a fall start. All courses are 3 credits each and are held online, asynchronous. Students take three courses total in fall and spring, but only two courses at a time. Students take three courses total in summer, but only one course at a time.

Fall
MDS 500 Foundations of Disability Studies (7 weeks)
MDS 505 Disability and the Law (7 weeks)
MDS 510 Qualitative Research (16 weeks)

Spring
MDS 550 Intersectionality and Disability (7 weeks)
MDS 555 Disability as Diversity (7 weeks)
MDS 585 Disability in Education (7 weeks)

May Term
MDS 575 Organizational Communication

Summer
Session 1: MDS 580 Disability and the Criminal Justice System / MDS 600 Capstone 1 (1 credit)
Session 2: MDS 560 Disability in Literature / MDS 600 Capstone 2 (1 credit)
Session 3: MDS 600 Capstone 3 (1 credit)