Carleton University · SOCI 3060

Critical Disability Studies

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Course engages contemporary disability theory, culture, and activism to consider bodily difference and its relation to the workings of power and social control, accessibility, normalization, ableism, and medicalization. Students will gain an understanding of the contemporary debates, theories, and methodologies of critical disability studies.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002 , or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or ANTH 1001 , or ANTH 1002 , and third-year standing.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also listed as DBST 3060 .
  • Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002 , or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or ANTH 1001 , or ANTH 1002 , and third-year standing.
  • Lectures three hours a week.
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Course engages contemporary disability theory, culture, and activism to consider bodily difference and its relation to the workings of power and social control, accessibility, normalization, ableism, and medicalization. Students will gain an understanding of the contemporary debates, theories, and methodologies of critical disability studies.

  • Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002 , or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or ANTH 1001 , or ANTH 1002 , and third-year standing.
  • Also listed as DBST 3060 .
  • Lectures three hours a week.

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