SOCI 227 - Introduction to Disability Studies

Institution:

Randolph-Macon College

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Description:

This course take an interdisciplinary approach to examining the field of disability studies, and develops specific skills and tools vital to the student who would read, research, or write in the field, and ultimately grapple with the most important issues. The major strands in the course will include seminal readings within the discipline of disability studies, identification of the most complex and unresolved issues in the field, familiarity with both the qualitative and quantitative methodologies that sociologists and other researchers use to study disability issues, and the development and refinement of an intellectual sensitivity to the uniquely unstable identity associated with disability. Studies will look at disability from a variety of vantage points, ranging from the broader impact of disability on the social otherness to the individual and specific experiences of disability-related stigma and discrimination. Three hours. Mr. Trammell.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rmc.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 752-7200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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