GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES

The Gender and Women's Studies program approaches the study of gender--including masculinity, women's equality, human sexuality, and human sexual orientation--from a deeply interdisciplinary perspective. Informed by feminist and other critical theories, the G/WS curiculum is committed to honest and productive discussions about the key role of gender in social life; the interplace of race, class, and gender in the construction of meaning; and the reasons that unequal access to resources and power persists in the world. Central to a Gender/Women's Studies program is respect for diversity; a concern for social justice; and an exploration of alternative ways of achieving self-expression, conducting research, and working in the world. The major is designed to fit squarely within a liberal arts tradition as well as to prepare students for careers in arenas where addressing social inequality is important.

For those interested in developing a major or a minor in Gender and Women's Studies, please contact Michele Malach.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES
Total credits required for major: 35-44 credit hours

I. CORE COURSES (Total: 18 credit hours)

• WS 101S    Introduction to Women's Studies                   (4 credits)
• WS 301W   Feminist Studies: Theory and Methods          (4 credits)
• WS 332      Women in American History                         (4 credits)
• WS 355      Anthropology of Gender                                (4 credits)
• WS 496      Women's Studies Senior Seminar                 (2 credits)
  

II. APPLICATIONS (Total: 5-10 credit hours)--Choose any TWO from below:

• WS 280     Issues in Women's Health                             (4 credits)
• WS 351     Gender and Work                                         (4 credits)
• WS 365     Women and Development                              (3 credits)
• PRACTICUM STUDY
  Students may sign up for an internship or practicum in any field, as long as the project undertaken is gender or women's studies related. Be sure to check prerequisites for all courses. (Students must receive approval from the Gender/Women's Studies Coordinator to receive approval before signing up for internship or practicum credit.) Students may sign up for a minimum of 2 credit hours and a maximum of 6 credit hours in one of the following:
• Anth 316    Internship in Anthropology                             (2-6 credits)
  (30 credits of work for each credit hour earned)
• Bio 480      Internship in Biology                                     (3 credits)
  Requires at least 125 hours of directed experience; credit cannot be applied towards the biology major.
• BA 437      Internship in Business                                  (3 credits)
  150 credit hours minimum
• ED 488      Seminar and Practicum in College Teaching   (2-3 credits)
• Engl 258    Service Learning Practicum in English           ( 3-6 credits)
  30 credits of work for each credit hour earned
• Engl 358    Practicum--Service Learning                         (3-6 credits)
  30 credits of work for each credit hour earned
• ES 450      Internship Exercise Specialist                       (3 credits)
• Soc 320    Community Service Practicum                       (4 credits)
  Practicum may be taken for 4 credits to fulfill a G/WS major when the project is approved in advance by the G/WS Coordinator.
  This course is the same as G/WS 320; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
  

III. DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATIONS (Total: 12-16 credit hours)
   Choose four from the list below. Three of the four must be from different disciplines. Two of the four must be upper-division credit. Appropriate courses numbered 190/390 and 191-391 may also count, if approved in advance by the G/WS Coordinator.

                 ANTHROPOLOGY

• Anth 217R Cultural Images of Women and Men               (4 credits)

       ART

• Art 366      Women, Art, and Visual Culture                      (4 credits)
  Same as WS 366; a student may receive credit for only one of these courses

       BIOLOGY

• Bio 132 T   Human Sexuality                                           (3 credits)

       ENGLISH

• Engl 175R  Women's Literature                                        (4 credits)
• Women's Studies aproved topics courses in English
  [A list of Gender/Women's Studies approved courses is produced each term.]
  Examples include:
• Engl 380     Native American Literature: Contemporary
                      Female Writers                                           (4 credits)
• Engl 420     World Literature: Topics: Contemporary
                      Latin American Women's Literature               (4 credits)
• Engl 423     Genres: Topics: Novels by and Films
                      About (American) Women of Color                (4 credits)
• Engl 477     20th Century Literature: Topics: 20th
                      Century Post-colonial Novels by and
                      Films About Women                                    (4 credits)

       GENDER/WOMEN'S STUDIES

• G/WS 366  Women, Art, and Visual Culture                       (4 credits)
  This course is the same as Art 366; credit will be given for only one of these courses.

       HISTORY

• Hist 306     Ancient Women's Religions                              (4 credits)
  This course is the same as RS 306; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
• Hist 354     Women, Family, and Gender in Chinese History (4 credits)
• Hist 368     Medieval Women                                              (4 credits)

       MODERN LANGUAGES

• ML 308      Topics in French Literature                                 (3 credits)
  [When topic is approved by the G/WS Coordinator]
• ML 334      Topics in German Literature                                (3 credits)
  [When topic is approved by the G/WS Coordinator]

       PHILOSOPHY

• Phil 365     Philosophy and Feminism                                   (3 credits)

       POLITICAL SCIENCE

• PS 365      Women and Development                                    (3 credits)
  Same as G/WS 365; a student may receive credit for only one of these courses

       PSYCHOLOGY

• Psyc 270   Psychology of Gender                                          (4 credits)

       RELIGIOUS STUDIES

• RS 306      Ancient Women's Religions                                  (4 credits)
  This course is the same as Hist 306; credit will be given for only one of these courses

       SOCIOLOGY

• Soc 275S  Families, Marriages, and Other Sex Role Systems  (4 credits)
• Soc 279R  Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in the Southwest        (4 credits)
• Soc 383    Women in Society                                                 (4 credits)

       THEMATIC STUDIES [strongly recommended for TS2 coursework:]

• TS2S 404  Gender and the Sciences                                       (4 credits)
• TS2S 407  Gender and Sport                                                  (3 credits)
• TS2R 413  Gender and Performance                                        (4 credits)

FACULTY FOR GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM

• BARANSKI, John              [History]
• BRANDT, Keri                  [Sociology & Human Services]
• BROWN, Alane S.            [Psychology]
• FINE, Kathleen S.             [Anthropology]
• FITZGERALD, Janine M.    [Sociology & Human Services]
• GEHRMAN, Jennifer          [English & Communications]
• JUNG, Marcelyn B.           [Exercise Science]
• MALACH, Michele M.        [English & Communications]
• MARTIN, Michael T.          [History]
• MOLLER, Kathryn S.        [Theatre]
• MOSS, Susan                  [Art]
• ORR, Delilah                    [English & Communications]
• ROBERTS, Sarah             [Philosophy]
• SALLINGER, Jan E.          [Political Science]
• SMITH, Carol                    [Business Administration;
                                          Dean of General & Exploratory Studies]