In this course students will identify major issues embedded in communities that affect how individuals with disabilities are included or excluded through the social forces and social structures that exist in society, particularly in school settings and music education. Students will examine major social theories related to identity in the disability community, and the role of individuals both internally and externally to the disability community. Effective Spring 2026, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry I.

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