Department: Women's and Gender Studies
Modality: In-Person
Semester Hours: 16
The Disability Studies Minor at Loyola Marymount University provides an interdisciplinary study of disability as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon. The program uses a disability justice-inspired framework to analyze how power, stigma, and privilege shape disability and its intersections with race, gender, sexuality, class, and other social categories. The curriculum integrates courses from the humanities, social sciences, health sciences, and law to examine disability across historical and global contexts. The minor centers the lived experiences of disabled people and emphasizes inclusion, access, and relationality as core analytic commitments. Through cross-disciplinary study, students develop the knowledge and skills needed to address disability-related issues in professional, academic, and civic settings. The program aligns with LMU’s institutional commitments to social justice and cura personalis.
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