2001/2003 Undergraduate Catalog
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College of Arts and Sciences
Women’s Studies

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Introduction

This multi-disciplinary program explores topics concerning women and gender differences as analyzed by the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Scholarship is inclusive and explores the varying racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds of women. Women’s Studies analyzes the experiences of women and men with respect to sociocultural, social psychological, and biological factors that influence the construction and representation of gender. Women’s Studies courses often involve the investigation of materials previously neglected by scholars, and new methodological and critical approaches to materials customarily treated in other ways. Such courses may thus propose revisions in the content, methods, assumptions, and theories of particular disciplines in light of recent feminist scholarship.

Women’s Studies Minor

18 crs.


Core Requirements (6 crs.)
WST100 Introduction to Women’s Studies
WST300 Seminar in Women’s Studies
Approved Electives (12 crs.)
ANT312 Comparative Marriage and Family
ANT320 Comparative Gender Roles
BIO301 Seminar: Contributions of Women in Biology
CRJ355 Women in Criminal Justice
ENG245 Women’s Literature
ENG353 Jane Austen
ENG370 Gay and Lesbian Literature
PLS338 Women in Politics
HIS318 Women in United States History
HIS407 Women in Comparative Global Perspective
MUS330 Women in Music
PSY410 Psychology and Women
SOC257 Sociological Patterns of Courtship and Marriage
SOC258 Women’s Role and Status
SPE334 Women Speakers in America
SPE336 Voices of African-American Feminism
SPE355 Gender and Communication
SPE373 Popular Culture and Gender Construction
SPE374 Feminist Approaches to Communication Theory and Research
SWK359 Special Fields: Domestic Violence
SWK420 Gender Issues for Helping Professionals
TCH440 Women in Education
WST200 Independent Study
Conditions

To complete the Women’s Studies Minor, students must take the two core courses (WST100 and WST300) and four of the approved electives. These four electives must be from at least three different disciplines. Only two courses can be double-counted for both the student’s minor and major. Back Back to Contents
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