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  • Disability Science

    The disability science minor provides a basic scientific foundation to understand the impact of disability on physical and psychosocial health.

    About this Minor

    Overview

    This minor is available to all juniors and seniors in PHHP's communication sciences and disorders major and to students in other colleges who meet the prerequisites. The minor is not available to Bachelor of Health Science students in health science, pre-OT or pre-public health specializations.

    All credits toward the minor must be completed at the 3000/4000-level. As long as the program director approves, the student can use up to three credits of relevant 3000-level or higher transfer coursework or electives outside the health science program to fulfill elective credits. Lower-division transfer credit is not accepted.

    Prerequisites

    • Junior standing (60+ credits)
    • Overall 2.75 GPA
    • 2.75 prerequisite GPA based on general college biology, general psychology, abnormal/developmental/physiological psychology, physiology, and statistics (STA 2023).

    Required Courses

    Courses Credits
    HSC 3502 Survey of Diseases and Disabilities 1 3
    HSC 4558 Survey of Diseases and Disabilities 2 3
    OTH 3416 Pathophysiology 3
    Open only to Seniors
    OTH 4412 and 4412L Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Laboratory, 5 credits, and
    OTH 3413C Applied Kinesiology, 3 credits
    OR
    OTH 4418 The Nervous System and Disorders, 3 credits, and
    OTH 4418L The Nervous System and Disorders Laboratory, 2 credits, and
    CLP 4420 Introduction to Neuropsychology, 3 credits

    8

    Total 17
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minors: disability-science