Life Stages and Disability

Relevant career paths include roles in local government's Youth and Family Services, Senior Services, or Disability Services (these may have other names depending on location). Also consider education, research, social work, and non-profits dedicated to supporting individuals at various life stages and ability.

To find courses offered this semester, go the A&S Course Explorer and use the filters for "Search by A&S Program of Study" and "Filter by Academic Period."

ANTHRO 3240 - Human Growth and Development

ANTHRO 3320 - Disability Anthropology

ANTHRO 3621 - Anthropology of Human Birth

ANTHRO 4104 - Topics in Anthropology: Tech and Health: Minds, Bodies, Societies

ANTHRO 4110 - Pushing Daisies: The Anthropology of Death and Dying

ANTHRO 4134 - The AIDS Epidemic: Inequalities, Ethnography, and Ethics

ANTHRO 4250 - Aging in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ANTHRO 4595 - Developmental Plasticity and Human Health

BEYOND 1003 - Beyond Boundaries: When I'm 64: Preparing Ourselves and Society for a Good Long Life

BIOL 4310 - Biology of Aging

ELIT 3504 - Literature and Medicine

FRENCH 4680 - Topics in French Literature: Disability Studies, Before "Disability"*

GENST 2750 - Images of Disability in Film and Literature

GENST 3750 - Disability, Quality of Life & Community Responsibility

ITAL 4080 - Disease, Madness and Death Italian Style

PSYCH 3210 - Developmental Psychology

PSYCH 3250 - Psychology of Adolescence

PSYCH 3260 - Introduction to Psychology of Aging

PSYCH 4270 - Social Gerontology

WGSS 3135 - The Racial and Sexual Politics of Public Health

WGSS 3215 - Bodies Out of Bounds: Feminist and Queer Disability Studies

WGSS 4115 - Gender, Religion, Medicine and Science

If you are personally in need of resources: 

Disability Resources is the official resource for students at WashU who have disabilities or suspected disabilities. They can help you request accommodations and navigate accessibility on campus.

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