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    Faculty

    • Faculty of Graduate Studies

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    Degree

    • Graduate Focus in Disability Studies concentration

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    Expected duration

    • 6 or 9 credit hours

Program details

Expected duration: 6 or 9 credit hours

The Graduate Focus in Disability Studies Concentration requires that students complete 6 or 9 credit hours as follows:

  • DS 7020 History of Disability (3)
  • DS 7010 Disability Studies (6) or DS 7030 Evaluation and Application of Research Methods in Disability Studies (3)

This concentration is available to all master's and doctoral programs within the Faculty of Graduate Studies (excluding Occasional, Visiting, and Pre-Master’s programs).

Admission requirements

The Graduate Focus in Disability Studies Concentration is available to any interested Master’s or Doctoral student who has been admitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Students must complete the requirements of the program to which they have been admitted and the requirements of the Graduate Focus in Disability Studies.

How to apply

Graduate students may be able to attain the 6 or 9 credit hours of courses within the existing course requirements of their graduate program depending on the program supplementary regulations. This should be discussed with the student’s Advisory committee.

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Contact us

Admission and application inquiries

Faculty of Graduate Studies
Room 500 UMSU University Centre
65 Chancellors Circle
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

graduate.admissions@umanitoba.ca 

Phone: 204-474-9377

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Program inquiries

Faculty of Graduate Studies

graduate.programs@umanitoba.ca