SOC2053 — Sociology of Disability
SOC 2053 - Sociology of Disability SOC 2053 - Sociology of Disability Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: Starting with a brief history of disability in the United States, this course examines how disability is socially constructed and forms an axis of inequality in society. Topics include disability culture and identity, disability policy, the intersection of disability and gender, portrayals of disability in the media, and disability rights movements in the US and abroad. This course meets the requirements for Elective B: Social Inequality and Stratification for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. MnTC Goals Goa 5, Goal 7A g. emergency preparedness for people with disabilities) Disability culture and identity Disability policy (e.g. ADA, IDEA) Disability rights movements in the US and abroad Diversity of disability experience; hidden disabilities History of disability in the United States Intersection of gender, race, class, age and sexuality with disability Measuring disability, statistics and demographics Representations of disability in the media and popular culture Societal models of disability (e.g. medical, interactional, structural, constructionist) Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021