uodsp: FW: Disability Studies Minor and Living Theater class

[Heidi von Ravensberg]

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INFORMATION SESSION
Disability Studies Minor and ENG 399: Living Theater class
Thursday, March 1, 4-5 pm, 116 Education

The Disability Studies Minor

This fall the University of Oregon launched a new Disability Studies
Minor in the Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences.
Disability Studies takes a social justice perspective on the whole
spectrum of disabilities, including psychological, physical, and
sensory. The minor requires 24 credits and prepares students for careers
and community involvement through knowledge of disability and Deaf
cultures, politics, and histories. Courses range across the university
and many of them satisfy UO Group, Multicultural, or Language
Requirements.

Disability Studies Minor Website:

http://disability.uoregon.edu

Sign up for the minor here:

https://english.uoregon.edu/undergraduate/disability-studies-minor-declaration-form

Director:

Prof. Elizabeth Wheeler, Associate Professor of English
ewheeler at uoregon.edu
541-346-3929
238 PLC

ENG 399: LIVING THEATER
Spring 2018, 4 credits for UO Students, Free to Community Members with
Disabilities
MW 3:30-5:50 pm, 123 Global Scholars Hall Great Room

This innovative class returns to UO, bringing together UO students and
community members with disabilities to share our creative writing,
music, and stories from our lives, and shape it all into a play we
perform at the end of spring term. Living Theater fulfills the Fieldwork
requirement for the Disability Studies Minor. Watch a 20 minute video
about our 2016 production, Life Stories: The Self-Made Musical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWDAOgaTxE&t=10s