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Interdisciplinary Studies

With an Interdisciplinary Studies Major or Minor at UNF, your degree is unique, just like you. You choose from a set of faculty-curated themes or design a program of study around your theme, aimed to help you get the most out of your education. You identify the skills, knowledge, and expertise that are important for your future, and together with UNF's internationally recognized faculty you build a foundation for life-long success.

Interdisciplinary Studies is great for students who:
  • see the need in the current world for connections between different fields of study;
  • recognize that being well prepared for the changing job market means having diverse skills;
  • have interests and passions in multiple different areas;
  • want a major or minor they can design and personalize according to their career path;
  • are considering a double major;
  • have ever thought about double or triple minoring; or
  • love learning and are always looking for new courses to stretch their wings!
Admission to the program is selective and requires prospective students to go through a proposal submission process in which they must outline in detail the purpose, scope, and theme of the major or minor they wish to construct. Proposal acceptance is contingent upon formal review and approval by the Program Director and/or additional faculty members and administrators as needed.

Minor in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (IDDS)

Disabled people comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States, with nearly 20 percent of Americans having a physical, sensory, psychosocial, or neurological disability or a combination of disabilities. The recognition of this sizable minority, together with disability social justice and political activism in recent decades, has led to the emergence of Disability Studies.

Disability Studies is a robust and vibrant field of intellectual inquiry that views disability not as a defect in individuals’ bodies, but as an issue needing to be addressed by society. Courses in this minor explore how disability generates knowledge concerning the complex relationship between society and the person differing from the norm. Focusing on disability within social and political contexts, the minor’s courses provide students with an opportunity to reflect critically on ableist, as well as inclusive, practices. This minor will have merit with employers valuing diversity and an inclusive workplace culture. This minor is available through UNF’s Interdisciplinary Studies program.

IDS Advisor: Ms. Alex Lackard
a.lackard@unf.edu

Contact person: Dr. Debbie Reed
deborah.reed@unf.edu

Courses

Required:

  • ENG3613, Disability Culture
  • ANT3462 Health, Illness and Culture

Students choose three of the following courses:

  • ASL3514, Deaf Culture
  • EEX3005, Introduction to Disabilities
  • EEX3070, Inclusion of Individuals with Disabilities
  • EEX4024, Disability Laws and Politics
  • EME3xxx, Universal Design for Learning (available Fall 2022)

    Minor in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies