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Disability Studies Quarterly, Vol 29, No 3 (2009)

Figures for A Multinational Review of English-language Disability Studies Degrees and Courses Pamela Cushing Social Justice and Peace Studies / Sociology King's at University of Western Ontario E-mail: Pamela.cushing@uwo.edu Tyler Smith Social Justice and Peace Studies King's at University of Western Ontario

Figure 1: DS Overview 2008
Type	Courses		UG		Grad
	Standalone	W. Deg.	BA	Other	PhD	MA	Other
Region
CAN	29	57	3	1	1	3	0
AUS/NZ	3	60	4	0	1	1	2
UK	10	79	7	0	2	5	3
USA	66	224	1	13	3	5	11
TOTAL	108	420	15	14	7	14	16

Figure 2: DS Overview 2003
Type	Courses		UG		Grad
	Standalone	W. Deg.	BA	Other	PhD	MA	Other
Region
CAN	21	18	1	1	0	2	0
AUS/NZ	1	37	1	0	1	1	2
UK	0	28	2	2	0	2	0
USA	34	129	2	5	4	5	6
TOTAL	56	212	6	8	5	10	8

Figure 3 - Growth & Share of DS courses (all regions) 2003-8
Region	2003	2008	% Growth	%Share of Courses	%Share of Pop'n	Population
CAN	39	86	121%	16	8	33
AUS/NZ	38	63	66%	12	6	25
UK	28	89	218%	17	15	61
USA	163	290	78%	55	72	301
Total:	268	528	97%	100%	100%	420 million

n.b. This includes all courses; Population (millions) as at 2007; rounded to 0 decimals

Figure 4: Basis of Chart 3 (DS Growth all regions) 1999 -2008
	Full degree	% growth	Partial degree	% growth	UG	% growth	Grad	% growth
Year
1999	7		5		2		10
2003	21	200	16	220	14	600	23	130
2008	36	71	30	88	29	107	37	61

Figure 5: Departmental Location of Degrees (All Regions)
Departments	Disability Studies	Education	Law	Social Science & Humanities	Applied Health	Social Work & Policy	Total
Total # of Degrees	17	9	1	7	9	3	46
US	11	6	1	1	3	1	23
UK	2	3		5	3		13
Canada	3			1	1	1	6
AUS	1				2	1	4

Figure 6 Departmental Location of Stand-Alone Courses (All Regions)
Departments	Education	Law	Social Sciences	Applied Health	Social Work & Policy	Humanities	total
Total # of Courses	20	2	33	6	17	30	108
US	11		17	4	9	25	66
UK	3	1	2	1	2	1	10
Canada	5		14	1	5	4	29
AUS	1	1			1		3

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