College of Applied Arts and Technology Graduate

Students who graduated from an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology with a diploma in a two-year or three-year health, human service or social service program (e.g., Child and Youth Worker (except St. Clair College), Developmental Services Worker, Early Childhood Education, Social Services Worker) with a minimum B (3.0) average may apply for the BA Honours in Disability Studies for College of Applied Arts and Technology Graduates through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre.

Once accepted at the University of Windsor, students should arrange for an official transcript to be sent to the Office of the Registrar by the College of Applied Arts and Technology they were attending.

This 30 course program will enable students to complete the requirements for the BA Honours in Disability Studies in three years of full-time study.

Students admitted to this program may take a maximum of seven 100-level University of Windsor courses. The other 23 courses required for program completion should be second, third or fourth year courses.

If students previously completed university courses that were used by the College of Applied Arts and Technology to grant them advanced standing toward their diploma, these courses cannot be used to fulfill the 30 course degree requirements. If these courses are equivalent to University of Windsor courses required for the Disability Studies program, the Disability Studies Committee will identify substitute course requirements.

In this program, students in Year One learn the basics of academic writing, social justice, and psychology that provide the foundation for the Disability Studies program. In Years Two and Three, students complete core Disability Studies courses and Disability Studies-Emphasis courses. For a copy of the recommended course sequence plan (as outlined below) please click here.

Year One (10 courses)

Four Disability Studies Foundation courses
02-38-101 Introduction to Social Justice
02-46-115 Introduction to Psychology as a Behavioural Science
02-46-116 Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science
02-47-210 Social Work and Diversity

Please note that students admitted to this Disability Studies program should NOT take 02-47-117 or 02-47-118.

Two Human Development courses
02-46-223 Developmental Psychology: The Child
02-46-224 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence

One Research Methods course
02-46-230 Social Science Research Methods

Three additional courses
01-01-150 Foundations of Academic Writing I
01-01-151 Foundations of Academic Writing II
02-02-250 Basic Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Year Two (10 courses)

Two Disability Studies courses
02-37-301 Theories of Disability and the Social Model
02-37-302 Historical Approaches to People with Disabilities

Two Disability Studies-Emphasis courses:
General Arts: 01-204, 01-209; Music: 32-120, 32-121, 32-330, 32-420; Philosophy: 34-129; Psychology: 46-228, 46-256, 46-322, 46-323, 46-334, 46-333, 46-371, 46-427, 46-445; Social Justice Studies: 38-321; Social Work: 47-204, 47-356, 47-410; Women’s Studies: 53-201; Nursing: 63-241, 63-245, 63-247, 63-351, and other courses as designated by Disability Studies Program Coordinator.

One Human Development course
02-46-225 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood and Aging

Five additional courses
One Arts course
One Language or Science course
Three courses from any area of study

Year Three (10 courses)

Four Disability Studies courses
02-37-401 Community Approaches, Advocacy and Empowerment
02-37-402 Service Delivery Systems and Independent Living
02-37-465 Community Orientation to Disability Issues (counts as two courses)

Four additional courses
One Arts course
One Language or Science course
Two courses from any area of study