AUDIO DESCRIPTION: ACCESSIBILITY FOR DANCE, ARTS, & MEDIA
Uses dance as a vehicle to survey current accessibility practices for the arts, film, and media and explore how bodies move and are read in relationship to disability. Grounded in foundational disability studies concepts including theoretical models of disability, perceptible/less perceptible disabilities, ADA compliance, and key frameworks and politics of being that come from the disability community. Play with tools for creative practice, accessibility, and pedagogy, and explore foundational training in crafting audio description as an artistic, humanistic accessibility measure.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a comprehension of foundational components of disability history; current societal approaches to disability and accessibility; and disability as culture, identity, and politic of being. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize the generative potential of disability and accessibility as tools for creative practice, teaching, and community-building. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Pursue constructive collaborations across disciplinary boundaries to create audio description accessibility measures for a variety of applications in the arts, media, and industry. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize audio description and accessibility measures as innovative tools for more holistic teaching and creative practice. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a comprehension of foundational components of disability history; current societal approaches to disability and accessibility; and disability as culture, identity, and politic of being. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize the generative potential of disability and accessibility as tools for creative practice, teaching, and community-building. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Pursue constructive collaborations across disciplinary boundaries to create audio description accessibility measures for a variety of applications in the arts, media, and industry. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize audio description and accessibility measures as innovative tools for more holistic teaching and creative practice. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027