The goal of this certificate is to prepare graduate students to understand the nature, meaning, health, social and political implications, and consequences of disability, within the context of diversity and global culture from which we live and operate. Courses selected for the core and as electives are based on guidelines from the Society for Disability Studies which recommends curriculums be (a) interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary, (b) challenge the view of disability as an individual defect that can be remedied through medical intervention, and (c) should include national and international perspectives, policies, literature, culture and history.

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS (17 credits)   
Course    Title    Credits    
RHAB    67725    Psychosocial Impact of Disabilities
3   
SRM    56001    Principles and Methods of Community Inclusion
3   
63096
Individual Investigation in Exercise, Leisure and Sport
1   
Electives    10   
ANTH    58250    Culture and Curing (3)

CI    65592    Internship in Motor Development (1-12)

COMM    55459    Communication and Conflict (3)   

55960    Health Communications (3)

EDAD    6/76518
Law and Special Education (3)x

HDFS    54020
Adolescent Development (3)

54021    Family Interventions Across the Lifespan (3)

HED    57091
Current Issues in Health Education and Promotion (3)

64050    Health Behavior (3)

64051
Behavioral Aspects of Disease (3)

MUS    50295    Special Topics Music in Special Education (1-3)

POL    70707    Law, Justice and Society (3)

PSYC    61580    Social Psychology (3)

SOC    52558    Wealth, Poverty and Power

52563
Sociology of Health and Health Care

SPED    53030
Applied Behavior Analysis I: Theory and Techniques (3)

53050    Characteristics of Students with Mild/Moderate Intervention Needs (3)

53051    Characteristics of Students with Moderate/Intensive Intervention Needs (3)

53070    Planning and Programming for Transition Needs (3)

53309    Introduction to Deaf Studies (3)

63200    Introduction to Exceptionalities (3)*

THEA    61094    College Teaching in Theatre (3)

TOTAL    17

* Course is prerequisite for others in department