DIS STD 101W
Perspectives on Disability Studies
Description: Lecture, one hour; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 101. Creation of critical framework for understanding concept of disability from sampling of disciplinary perspectives. Organized around productive and central tension in disability studies--between disability as lived subjective experience that is both individual and communal, and disability as objective, medical, legal, and sometimes stigmatized category. Students encouraged to make connections between units and to create their own perspectives on disability in field that defines itself by how it changes. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
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Units: 5.0
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Summer 2018 - Mana is an extremely engaging professor who is very concerned with student learning. She is very down to earth and is always willing to meet outside classroom to speak about your paper. I came into this class without high interest about disability studies but Mana makes the material super interesting. I, as a south campus major who normally dislike writing class, actually found myself loving the reading and discussion for this class. Definitely will recommend taking the class with her. You will not regret this decision.
Summer 2018 - Mana is an extremely engaging professor who is very concerned with student learning. She is very down to earth and is always willing to meet outside classroom to speak about your paper. I came into this class without high interest about disability studies but Mana makes the material super interesting. I, as a south campus major who normally dislike writing class, actually found myself loving the reading and discussion for this class. Definitely will recommend taking the class with her. You will not regret this decision.
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Fall 2025 - This class was incredible and I highly recommend taking courses with this professor. He mentioned changing the structure of the class each quarter but with that in mind I would say this professor does not shy away from group projects. The grading was mainly based upon the TA's discretion when it came to weekly readings on Perusall, graphic organizers, and reflections. There are weekly readings followed by online quizzes and required annotations. Doing the annotations were especially helpful for the research paper we spent the quarter working on. The class felt incredibly manageable as the professor structured the class around giving us check points to ensure you did not procrastinate to start writing until the Final due date. This is a beginners writing course so if you have previous experience in english and writing classes where you performed fairly well, you will not have any problem. The TAs go over writing mechanisms and everything you need to know structure wise so for those without experience have all the tools. I learned so much from this professor and can't recommend disability studies courses more!
Fall 2025 - This class was incredible and I highly recommend taking courses with this professor. He mentioned changing the structure of the class each quarter but with that in mind I would say this professor does not shy away from group projects. The grading was mainly based upon the TA's discretion when it came to weekly readings on Perusall, graphic organizers, and reflections. There are weekly readings followed by online quizzes and required annotations. Doing the annotations were especially helpful for the research paper we spent the quarter working on. The class felt incredibly manageable as the professor structured the class around giving us check points to ensure you did not procrastinate to start writing until the Final due date. This is a beginners writing course so if you have previous experience in english and writing classes where you performed fairly well, you will not have any problem. The TAs go over writing mechanisms and everything you need to know structure wise so for those without experience have all the tools. I learned so much from this professor and can't recommend disability studies courses more!
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