What to Expect
Thinking about joining our program? Find out what you can expect as a student at UIC.
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Explore semester schedules — including courses, activities and opportunities — by clicking through the tabs below.
Pre-DHD
AHS Summer Exploration and Transition
Starting college can be daunting. Let us help with AHS:SET!
Applied Health Sciences: Summer Exploration and Transition (AHS:SET) meets once a week for five-weeks of summer to engage and prepare our AHS incoming freshmen.
In a fun and interactive format, you’ll get exposed to introductory academic course work, research, careers, and tools for navigating the rigors of an applied health sciences degree.
Sharpen your skills, make connections and learn the campus – all before your first fall semester.
Pre-DHD
Student Resources
AHS Student Resources
Helpful resources across campus that offer support for you as a student
Association of University Centers on Disabilities Trainee Network
When you become part of the Department of Disability and Human Development, you join AUCD – a national organization that supports and promotes a network of university-based interdisciplinary programs
Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (CCSPD)
The mission of CCSPD is to promote empowerment and inclusion of the faculty, staff, and students with disabilities at UIC. CCSPD recognizes that people with disabilities are a diverse group, including individuals with visible and non-visible disabilities. This mission is motivated by the belief that people with disabilities are assets to the university, not liabilities.
DHD Student Association (DHDSA)
DHDSA is an organization devoted to supporting students within DHD, advocating for disability across campus, and navigating college or graduate school and the job process. Each spring, DHDSA hosts the Chicago Disability Studies Conference at UIC.
DHD Undergraduate Student Handbook
A useful resource for questions regarding program practices or policies
Disability Cultural Center
Facilitating access for students with disabilities
Disability Resource Center
Facilitating access for students with disabilities
Fall semester
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Fall semester
| DHD Elective | 3 hours | |
| General Education | Exploring World Cultures | 3 hours |
| Electives | 9 hours |
Spring semester
| DHD Elective | 3 hours | |
| DHD 300-Level Core | 3 hours | |
| General Education | Understanding the Individual and Society | 3 hours |
| Electives | 6 hours |
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Fall semester
| DHD 300-Level Core | 3 hours | |
| General Education | Any category | 3 hours |
| Electives | 9 hours |
Spring semester
| DHD 401 | Disability, Human Development and Community Participation | 3 hours |
| General Education | Any Category | 3 hours |
| Electives | 9 hours |
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Explore the each semester schedule — including courses, activities, and opportunities — by clicking through the tabs below.
Fall semester
| DHD Elective | 3 hours |
| DHD 300-Level Core | 3 hours |
| Electives | 9 hours |
Spring semester
| DHD 400 | Disability and Human Development Capstone | 1 hour |
| ` | Electives | 13 hours |