Disability Science Minor
Hours: 17 credits, all completed with grades of C or higher
The disability science minor is designed to provide students with a basic scientific foundation to understand the impact of disability on physical and psychosocial health.
This minor is available to all juniors and seniors in communication sciences and disorders in PHHP and other colleges who meet the prerequisites. The minor is not available to Bachelor of Health Science students in health science or Pre-OT tracks.
This minor requires 17 credits at the 3000/4000-level and completed with minimum grades of C. As long as the program director approves the hours, the student can use up to three hours of relevant 3000-level or higher transfer coursework or electives outside the health science program to fulfill the elective credit hours. Lower division transfer credit will not be accepted.
Prerequisites for the minor include a 2.75 overall GPA and a 2.75 prerequisite GPA based on general college biology; general psychology; abnormal, developmental or physiological psychology; statistics (STA 2023); and physiology.
Interested students should obtain an application and a list of appropriate coursework that begins in the junior year.
Required Courses
| HSC 3502 Survey of Diseases and Disability |
3 |
| HSC 4558 Disability Management |
3 |
| OTH 3416 Pathophysiology |
3 |
OTH 4412 and 4412L Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Laboratory (5)
-and-
OTH 3413C Applied Kinesiology (3)
(Take these courses in the senior year only)
-OR- |
5 + 3 |
OTH 4418 and 4418L Nervous System and Disorders and Laboratory (5)
-and-
CLP 4420 Introduction to Neuropsychology
(Take these courses in the senior year only) |
5 + 3 |