Project in Disability Studies

Catalog description

Students will develop an independent capstone project in a topic area of individual interest within disability studies and human development. They will be required to develop a set of readings in this topic area, write a comprehensive paper, and give an oral presentation of their project. Students will integrate experiences from an internship or lived experience (the site) with the literature on their selected topic. The course instructor will mentor students to complete the project. The site can be drawn from two sources: an internship ( HAN 441 ) or a lived experience (a previous or current position the student has arranged separately from class; can be past or present; must be approved by the instructor).Restricted to students approved for appropriate senior year track in the Health Science major.