Women's Studies
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the diverse experiences, contributions, and perspectives of women specifically, and includes analysis of gender. Women's Studies facilitates a process of discovering how the concept of gender shapes human lives. Gender is a social construct that interacts with other categories of analysis, such as race, class, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, identity, citizenship, nationality, and religion. This minor explores how these complex interactions influence the use and distribution of power in a society.
Minor in Women's Studies
A minor in Women's Studies better equips a person for professional and personal life by promoting critical-thinking skills as well as a keen awareness of how gender and diversity affect perspectives and experiences. Advancement and success in many professional fields require taking advantage of the recent explosion of new information about gender, multiculturalism, and cultural competence. Students with a background in Women's Studies may pursue diverse careers in fields such as business, human relations, government, journalism, medicine, the law, management, social service agencies, education, or communications, to name a few. Some choose to pursue advanced degrees.
The Women's Studies program affords students the opportunity to examine the expanding scholarship on women and gender that affects numerous disciplines. The exploration and learning process in this program is achieved through active learning and exposure to various written and oral communication styles. Students enrolled in the Women's Studies minor benefit tangibly from their studies.
21 credits (12 of the 21 required credits must be 300 – 400 level)
Required courses: (2 courses – 6 credits)
WST 200 Intro to Women’s Studies 3 credits
WST 400 Seminar: Feminist Sch/ Res 3 credits
Women’s Experience Electives: (Select 2 courses – 6 credits)
(Note: Classes can only be counted once, they cannot be cross counted on both lists)
ANT 300 Cultural Views of Women 3 credits
ENG 127 Woman as Hero 3 credits
ENG 315 Survey American Women Writers 3 credits
HIS 309 Gender in Latin America 3 credits
HIS 312 Women in Europe 3 credits
HIS 325 History of American Women 3 credits
NUR 101 Women’s Health Issues 3 credits
PSY 311 Psychology of Gender Roles 3 credits
SOC 290 Gender and Work 3 credits
SOC 320 International Women’s Movement 3 credits
WST 300 Selected Topics 3 credits
WST 430 Women’s Studies Internship 3 credits
Women’s Studies Electives: (Select 3 courses – 9 credits)
(Note: Classes can only be counted once, they cannot be cross counted on both lists)
ANT 300 Cultural Views of Women 3 credits
ANT 329 Anthropology Internship 3 credits
ECE 319 Parent/ Community Involve Ed 3 credits
ECE 405 Early Childhood Ed Seminar 3 credits
EDU 310 Teaching Multicultural Society 3 credits
ENG 116 Myth, Magic, and Mysticism 3 credits
ENG 117 Woman as Hero 3 credits
ENG 315 Survey American Women Writers 3 credits
GTY 200 Aging in American Society 3 credits
GTY 300 Aging Policies and Services 3 credits
GTY 310 Aging in the Family 3 credits
GTY 330 Dying, Death and Bereavement 3 credits
GTY 340 Diversity in Aging 3 credits
HIS 238 History of American Labor 3 credits
HIS 312 Women in Europe 3 credits
HIS 325 History of American Women 3 credits
HIS 347 Race and ethnicity in US 3 credits
HIS 366 History of Modern Latin America 3 credits
HIS 445 Social History 3 credits
HON 285 Protest Movements of 1960’s 3 credits
HON 287 Literature of Social Unrest 3 credits
JUS 215 Victimology 3 credits
PHI 225 Social/Political Philosophy 3 credits
PSY 311 Psychology of Gender Roles 3 credits
PSY 424 Capstone (Director’s OK) 3 credits
PSY 425 Project (Director’s OK) 1-3 credits
SOC 205 Contemporary Social Problems 3 credits
SOC 210 Social Stratification 3 credits
SOC 290 Gender and Work 3 credits
SOC 315 Social Minorities 3 credits
SOC 320 International women’s Movement 3 credits
SOC 325 The Family 3 credits
SOC 377 Modern Freedom and Society 3 credits
SOC 410 Social Theory and Society 3 credits
SOW 303 Human Sex and Society 3 credits
SOW 308 Minority Group Relations 3 credits
SOW 340 Poverty/Related Social Problems 3 credits
SOW 495 Seminar (Director’s OK) 3 credits
WST 430 Women’s Studies Internship 3 credits
Women’s Studies minors must select 5 separate courses in Women’s Experience & Women’s Studies Electives, and must also select a minimum of 2 courses (300-400 level) in Women’s Experience &/or Women’s Studies Electives.