Minor
The Disability Studies minor provides a space to explore questions such as these: How has disability been defined in various historical moments, in various cultures and eras? While impairment has unquestionably been a frequent experience throughout human history, has disability"the construction of impairment as a generic social category"been a historical constant, or is it a modern invention? What social ideologies, cultural systems, and societal arrangements have shaped the meaning and experience of disability? How has disability been defined or represented in cultural and artistic productions, public laws and policies, modern professional practices, and everyday life?
Declaring the Minor
Students may declare the minor no later than the term before their Expected Graduation Term (EGT) as posted in the "My Academics" tab in CalCentral, and after they have completed at least three approved disability studies courses including one core course. See the approved course list here: disability-studies.ugis.berkeley.edu/requirements.
List the three courses you have completed or are enrolled in on the Disability Studies Minor Declaration form below.
If your application to declare the minor is approved, you will need to submit a Completion of L&S Minor Form during the term in which you intend to graduate. The form is available below and on the L&S Office of Undergraduate Advising website.
No later than the semester before your Expected Graduation Term (EGT) semester, please submit the following form:
* Disability Studies Minor Declaration Form
In your final semester, please submit the following documents:
* Completion of L&S Minor Form - Please be sure to have your major advisor sign page 2 of the Completion of L&S Minor form acknowledging that you are sharing no more than one class between your major and the minor.
* Transcripts (Transcripts printed through the "Cal Central" system are acceptable. Please choose the printing option that includes your name). If you are taking courses for the minor in the semester you plan to graduate, print a copy of your current class schedule as well.
* A list of 5 courses (2 core and 3 electives) you wish to use to satisfy the Disability Studies Minor, as well as the semester and year the courses were taken. You must identify any course that overlaps with any of your majors or other minors. Only one course may overlap.
Please be sure that your name, local phone number, and e-mail address is up to date, as I may need to contact you if questions arise.
Questions?
Contact Patrick Civello: [email protected], 263 Evans Hall
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