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English Literature (ENG)
118 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-3911
English
College of Arts & Sciences
G - Pre-major, major, or minor are required to take this course graded to be applied to major/minor requirements
Course Data
  ENG 240   Intro Disability St >1 >IP >US 4.00 cr.
Introduces students to central concepts and essential texts in disability studies and applies them to literary and cultural texts, with a focus on racial diversity and learning directly from writers and scholars who experience a wide spectrum of bodymind variabilities.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Course Materials
 
  CRN Avail Max Time Day Location Instructor Notes
  22447 cancelled -     tba G
Academic Deadlines
Deadline     Last day to:
January 2:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
January 8:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 8:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 9:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
January 9:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
January 10:   Add this course
January 10:   Last day to change to or from audit
January 16:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
January 16:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
January 23:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
January 23:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
January 30:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
January 30:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
February 20:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
March 13:   Change grading option for this course
Caution You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day.

Expanded Course Description
ENG 240 Introduction to Disability Studies serves as a core course for the Disability Studies Minor and an elective for the English major. The course also satisfies General Education requirements for the Arts and Letters Group and the Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance category of the Multicultural Requirement. Students will gain familiarity with key concepts and essential texts in the field of disability studies and apply these concepts to literary texts, performances, and the culture around us. Upholding the disability rights movement’s principle of “nothing about us without us,” students learn about disability from the art forms and scholarship of the people who experience it. To show the variety of disability experiences, ENG 240 includes work by people from diverse races and cultures and a spectrum of physical, sensory, psychological, and intellectual disabilities, neurodiversity, and chronic illnesses. The course takes an intersectional approach, analyzing the new dimensions that come into focus when we consider more than one form of difference at a time. ENG 240 acquaints students with key moments in disability history and considers their impact on the present day, especially their cultural impact: How do oppressed communities respond creatively to barriers and remake the past through art? How does disability history reappear in popular culture and stereotypes?
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