Women's Studies Programs of Study
Major in Women's Studies (33 credit hours)
Students who major in Women's Studies take 12 hours of a core curriculum. The remaining elective credits are selected in such a way that provides coherence and focus to the student's program of study. Such a focus is discussed with, and approved by, the Women's Studies director.
Core
- WST 200 Reading Women's Lives; Introduction to Women's Studies (3)
(Fulfills Scientific Literacy-Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective or Cultural Perspectives Elective) - WST 300 Contemporary Feminist Theories (3)
- WST 490 Selected Topics in Women's Studies (3 cr)
- WST 499 Research in Women's Studies (3)
(Fulfills Informational Literacy Requirement) Students may fulfill this:
a) as a WST 499 course or
b) incorporate Women's studies scholarship as a significant dimension of a senior project done with the context of another major)
Electives - 21 hours
(12 credit hours at the 300 level or higher)
Recommended: WST 472 Women's Studies Service Project (1-3 credits)
Minor in Women's Studies (18 credit hours)
Students may choose to minor in Women's Studies for different reasons. One may be as a way of focusing on women within their major discipline. For example, a social work major may want to give particular attention to the study of women's lives. A nutrition major may be interested in the relationship between women's nutrition and the cultural shaping of female identity. Another area may be business and economics, where a student might have particular interest in examining women's roles in the work force, or in corporate leadership. A student might be interested in a minor in Women's Studies to learn more herself by looking at how she has thought about and responded to issues and pressures that face young women growing up today. These are only a few of the possible reasons why you might choose to minor in Women's Studies.
Students who choose to minor in Women's Studies take the two core courses listed below. The remaining 12 hrs of elective credits may be selected in such a way that they give coherence and focus to their program of study. Such focus must be discussed with and approved by the Women's Studies director.
Core 6 hours
WST 200 Reading Women's Lives; Introduction to Women's Studies (3)
(Fulfills Scientific Literacy-Behavioral & Social Sciences Elective or World Culture & Language/Cultural Perspectives Elective)
WST 300 Contemporary Feminist Theories (3)
Electives 12 additional credit hours (9 credit hours at the 300 level or higher)
Elective Choices
ART 324 - Women in the Visual Arts
BIO 940 - Women in Science
COM 375 - Gender Communication
ECO 335 - Gender and the Economy*
ENG 359 - Seminar in American Women Writers*
FCS 355 - Family Resource Management*
FRE 309 - French Women Writers*
HED 320 - Our Bodies- Our Lives: Shaping Female Identity
PSY 212 - Psychology of Gender Roles
REL 268 - Women in the Bible***
REL 283 - Women in the Christian Tradition***
REL 497 - Global Christian Feminist Theology***
SOC 231 - Social Problems**
SOC 332 - Human Sexuality**
SOC 338 - Sociology of the Family**
SOC 360/ - Media, Self & Society
SOC 430 - Population Dynamics**
SWK 240 - Populations at Risk and Social Justice
SWK 949 - Women as Clients
WST 299 - Research in Women's Studies
WST 472 - Women's Studies Service Project*
WST 495 - Crossing Borders: Women Making Change in a Global World
WST 498 - Honor's Thesis in Women's Studies
WST 499 - Research in Women's Studies
* Satisfies general education requirements (also including SOC 240, WST 495, SOC 943)
** Satisfies the requirements for both Women's Studies and sociology
*** Satisfies the requirements for both Women's Studies and religion (also including REL 101-105)
Double Major
A double major in Women's Studies and a disciplinary area of study is advantageous for students with interests in particular departmental majors and gender issues.
