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Apr 16, 2024
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2010 - 2011 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Gender and Women’s Studies
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The Gender and Women’s Studies Major and Minor degrees approach the study of gender—including masculinity, women’s equality, human sexuality, and human sexual orientation—from a deeply trans-disciplinary perspective. Informed by feminist and other critical theories inside and outside of academia, the GWS curriculum is committed to honest and productive examinations regarding the key role of gender in social, political and economic arenas. Through their study of gender, students will analyze how the intersection of race, class, sexuality and other identities serve to construct and maintain global and local dominant frameworks of inequality and serve to limit access to resources and power. Central to this Gender & Women’s Studies program is the recognition of the value of diversity, a concern for social justice and an exploration of unique and innovative ways of performing gender, conducting research, and effectively navigating local and global environments. The major is designed to fit squarely within a liberal arts tradition as well as to encourage and prepare students to be agents of change in their personal and professional lives.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES:
Specific Departmental Requirements:
Subtotal Core - Credits: 18
Practicum or Internship:
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 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:
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 upper division.Appropriate courses numbered 190/390 and other special topics course numbers (in addition to the courses listed below) may count if approved in advance by the GWS Coordinator.
***Topics courses with asterisks next to them count when the topic is approved by GWS Director Gender and Women’s Studies
Subtotal Disciplinary Explorations - Credits: 12-16
Total Major Requirements - Credits: 33-40
Free Electives (variable)
TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120
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