INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Coordinator: Assistant Professor L. Kaplan
Adjunct Professor: Gabaccia, Miller, S. Nkomo, D. Shenk, M. Strawn
Adjunct Associate Professor: Aulette, Bell, Booth, Bosley, Clark, Newman, Presler, Ryan, Shenk, Stephenson, van Wallendael, Yon
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Bezner, Langford, Mickelson, Pizzato, Russi, Tweedy, Wayland
Adjunct Lecturer: D. Smith
Adjunct Program Associate: Haigler, Houlihan, Masse, Mozenter

The Women's Studies Program offers undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to learn about issues relating to gender, women, and feminism. Students may choose to take individual courses, a cluster of related courses, or a full minor in Women's Studies. Most students find Women's Studies courses personally interesting, as well as helpful preparation for careers in health and human services, education, law, human resources, art, and business.

UNDERGRADUATE MINOR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

The Women's Studies minor is open to all students regardless of gender and requires completion of at least 21 hours in approved courses offered by the Women's Studies Program and other departments and programs. A maximum of 9 hours may be earned from any one department. Students minoring in Women's Studies should consult the Women's Studies Program Coordinator when planning their minor or reviewing it in preparation for graduation.

Required courses for the minor (12 hours total) are:

WMST 1101, Introduction to Women's Studies
WMST 3102, Changing Realities of Women's Lives
WMST 3201, Feminist Thought
WMST 4601, Senior Colloquium, which may be satisfied by taking any 4000-level course offered by the Women's Studies Program.

The remaining 9 hours may be satisfied through elective courses.

Elective courses can be chosen from (a) any course offered by the Women's Studies Program or (b) any approved course offered by another program, as long as that course deals in a substantial way with gender, women, feminism or related social movements.

Examples of courses that have been approved to count as Women's Studies electives include, but are not limited to:

AAAS 2215 Black Families in the U.S.
DANC 1101 American Dance: A Cultural Reflection HIST 2150 History of Women in the U.S.
HIST 3168 Women and Family in Modern East Asia
SOCY 2132 Marriage and Family
SOCY 3143 Social Movements
SOCY 4163 Sex Roles

WMST 3050 Women's Works on Film
WMST 3212 Women and Peacebuilding
WMST 3231 Working Women/Women in Business
WMST 4050 Sexuality and Gender
WMST 4050 Women and Leadership
WMST 4228 French Women Writers

Additional Elective Selections:

ANTH 2090/WMST 2050 Native American Women
ART 3001/WMST 3050 Women in Art
COMM 3050/WMST 3050 Gender in Communication
ENGL 4000/WMST 4050 Masculinity in African- American Literature
GRNT 4260/WMST 4260 Women: Midlife and Beyond
MGMT 3050/WMST 4050 Race, Gender, Class and Life Histories
NURS 4050/WMST 4050 Community Interventions in Domestic Violence
NURS 4191/WMST 4191 Women's Health Issues
PHIL 3227/WMST 3227 Feminist Philosophy
PSYC 3226/WMST 3226 Psychology of Women
SPAN 3019/WMST 3050 Hispanic Women Writers in English Translation

A complete list of courses approved for the minor in Women's Studies is available in the Women's Studies Program Office.

GRADUATE COURSES

The Women's Studies Program now regularly offers advanced graduate-level courses for students wishing to include the study of women, gender, or feminism in their graduate work. These courses, which are broad in scope, enable graduate students to pursue their own research while they develop a substantial background in the field. Graduate offerings include:

WMST 6050/LBST 6000 Language, Gender, and Power
WMST 6050/PHIL 6050 Feminist Theory and Its Applications
WMST 6800 Directed Reading/Research

The Women's Studies Program also regularly offers 4000-level courses designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. Graduate students can receive permission from their program coordinators to take these courses for graduate credit. See the above list of elective courses for recent 4000-level offerings.

Graduate students interested in taking Women's Studies courses should contact the Women's Studies Program Coordinator.

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