Interdisciplinary Certificate in Disability Studies
The Interdisciplinary Certificate in Disability Studies is a 15 credit graduate level (master’s, doctoral, and post- doctoral) program sponsored by the Center on Disability Studies (CDS) in the College of Education. An interdisciplinary approach to disabilities and diversity issues, the program attracts students across disciplines such as education, social work, psychology, public health, law, nursing, and political science. Students participate in interdisciplinary experiences with the goal to acquire skills in joint planning, decision-making, goal setting and to understand contemporary disability issues, research, and effective practices from a social, political, cultural and historical context.
CDS has trained over 700 classified graduate students from 15 disciplines during the last 15 years. CDS supports more than 40 extramural projects, has 3 national research centers, and includes more than 130 university faculty, staff, students, and professionals from a variety of health and human service disciplines.
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