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    Nov 24, 2024  
2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses 
    
2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Gender and Women’s Studies Major


 
 

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES:


Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39


See Liberal Arts Core .

Specific Departmental Requirements:


Subtotal Core - Credits: 20

II. APPLICATIONS


Practicum or Internship:

Students may sign up for an internship or practicum experiences in any field, as long as the project undertaken is related to gender, sexuality, and/or women’s studies.  The total credits that count toward the GWS major must be a minimum of 3 credits and no more than six credits.  Be sure to check prerequisites for all courses.  Students MUST receive approval from the Gender & Women’s Studies Director before signing up for internship or practicum credit.
 

Subtotal Applications - Credits: 3-6

III. DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATIONS


Choose FOUR from the list below.  Three of the four must be from different disciplines.  Two of the four must be numbered 300 or above. 

*** Topics courses may count when the specific topic offered in a particular term is approved by the GWS Coordinator. The topic must be centrally related to gender, sexuality, feminist analysis, and/or women’s studies, e.g.,  ENGL 380 Native American Literature:Topics Contemporary Female Writers.

*If a course is used to fulfill the Core requirements it may not be taken to fulfill Disciplinary Explorations.

Biology

Modern Languages:

Psychology

Subtotal Disciplinary Explorations - Credits: 12-16

Note: Any 190/390 course may be applied to the electives choices if approved by the Coordinator of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program.

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 35-42


Free Electives (variable)


TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*


* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.