2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Disability Science
Hours: 15 credits
The disability science minor provides 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 other colleges who meet the prerequisites, as well as to rehabilitative services students in the college. It is not available to students in the pre-OT or health science tracks in the College of Public Heath and Health Professions.
Prerequisites for the minor include a 2.75 overall GPA and a 2.75 prerequisite GPA based on general college biology, general psychology, abnormal or developmental psychology, statistics (STA 2023) and physiology.
A list of appropriate course work that begins in the junior year and an application are available in the dean‘s office, 4104A HPNP.
Twelve of the 15 credits required for the minor must be at the 3000-/4000-level and completed with an average grade of C.
Required Courses: 11 credits
| HSC 4558 Disability Management (Prereq: HSC 3502 Survey of Diseases and Disability) |
3 |
| OTH 3416 Pathophysiology (Prereq: PET 2350C Applied Human Physiology with Laboratory) |
3 |
| OTH 4412 and 4412L Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Laboratory OR OTH 4418 and 4418L Nervous System and Disorders and Laboratory (Take these courses in the senior year only) |
5 |
Electives: 4 credits
Choose one or two courses, depending upon credits
| CLP 4944 Introduction to Neuropsychology | 3 |
| HSC 3502 Survey of Diseases and Disability | 4 |
| OTH 3200C Applied Human Development 1 | 3 |
| OTH 3201 Applied Human Development 2 | 2 |
| OTH 4314 Psychiatric Disorders | 3 |
| OTH 4412 and 4412L Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Laboratory | 5 |
| OTH 4418 and 4418L Nervous System and Disorders and Laboratory | 5 |
| RCS 4451 Rehabilitative Aspects of Substance Abuse | 3 |