Our Program - Major & Minor in GWS

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES

Total credits required for major: 35-44 credit hours

I. CORE COURSES - Required

Course Title Credits
WS 101S Introduction to Women's Studies 4
WS 301W Feminist Studies: Theory and Methods 4
WS 332 Women in American History  4
WS 355 Anthropology of Gender 4
WS 496 Women's Studies Senior Seminar 2
  Total: 18

II. APPLICATIONS - Choose any TWO from below:

Course Title Credits
WS 280 Issues in Women's Health 4
WS 351 Gender and Work 4
WS 365 Women and Development  3
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 
(30 credits of work for each credit hour earned) 		2-6
Bio 480 Internship in Biology
Requires at least 125 hours of directed experience; credit cannot be applied towards the biology major.		 3
BA 437  Internship in Business
150 contact hours minimum		 3
ED 488 Seminar and Practicum in College Teaching 2-3
Engl 258 Service Learning Practicum in English
30 credits of work for each credit hour earned 		3-6
Engl 358 Practicum--Service Learning
30 contact hours of work for each credit hour earned		 3-6
ES 450 Internship Exercise Specialist   3
Soc 320 Community Service Practicum
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.		 4
  Total: 5-10


III. DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATIONS ( 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.

Course Title Credits
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anth 217R Cultural Images of Women and Men 4
ART
Art 366 Women, Art, and Visual Culture
Same as WS 366; a student may receive credit for only one of these courses		 4
BIOLOGY
Bio 132 T  Human Sexuality  3
ENGLISH
Engl 175R Women's Literature   4
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
Engl 420 World Literature: Topics: Contemporary Latin American Women's Literature 4
Engl 423 Genres: Topics: Novels by and Films About (American) Women of Color 4
Engl 477 20th Century Literature: Topics: 20th Century Post-colonial Novels by and  Films About Women 4
GENDER/WOMEN'S STUDIES
G/WS 366 Women, Art, and Visual Culture
This course is the same as Art 366; credit will be given for only one of these courses.		 4
HISTORY
Hist 306 Ancient Women's Religions
This course is the same as RS 306; credit will be given for only one of these courses.   		4
Hist 354  Women, Family, and Gender in Chinese History 4
Hist 368  Medieval Women  
MODERN LANGUAGES
ML 308 Topics in French Literature
[When topic is approved by the G/WS Coordinator]
 3
ML 334 Topics in German Literature
[When topic is approved by the G/WS Coordinator]		  
PHILOSOPHY
Phil 365 Philosophy and Feminism 3
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PS 365 Women and Development
Same as G/WS 365; a student may receive credit for only one of these courses		 3
PSYCHOLOGY
Psyc 270 Psychology of Gender  4
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RS 306  Ancient Women's Religions
This course is the same as Hist 306; credit will be given for only one of these courses		 4
SOCIOLOGY
Soc 275S Families, Marriages, and Other Sex Role Systems 4
Soc 279R Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in the Southwest 4
Soc 383 Women in Society 4
  THEMATIC STUDIES
[strongly recommended for TS2 coursework]
TS2S 404 Gender and the Sciences  4
TS2S 407 Gender and Sport 3
TS2R 413 Gender and Performance 4
     
  Total: 12-16


REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES

Total credits required for minor: 19-24 credit hours

The requirements for a Minor in Gender & Women's Studies are as follows:

I. CORE COURSES - Required

Course Title Credits
WS 101S Introduction to Women's Studies  4
WS 301W Feminist Studies: Theory and Methods or... 4
WS 332 Women in American History 4
WS 496 Women's Studies Senior Seminar or... 2
WS 499 Individualized Study 2
  Total: 10

II.  APPLICATIONS - Choose any ONE from the list below:

Course Title Credits
G/WS 280 Issues in Women's Health  4
G/WS 351 Gender and Work   4
G/WS 355 Anthropology of Gender  4
G/WS 365 Women and Development  3
G/WS 320 Women's Studies Practicum
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 SOC 320; credit will be given for only one of these courses.		 4
  Total: 3-6

III. DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATIONS  - Choose any two from the list found in the Major Requirements, section III: Disciplinary Explorations. One of which must be an upper-division credit. - Total: 6-8 credits