| Goals for the Major
Women's Studies seeks to incorporate perspectives from across the broad spectrum of the humanities and social sciences and to present the full range of feminist political and theoretical stances. Our curriculum gives students various opportunities to study women, to develop a gender and/or sexuality analysis, and to critically conceptualize both the history and intellectual formation of feminism as a political movement and knowledge project.
The upper division core sequence is designed to give students a way to place Women's Studies in historical, political, economic, and theoretical perspective. It creates an opportunity to study major intellectual traditions in feminist thought and to engage the strengths and limitations of the field's own formation.
Learning Objectives, Program Methodologies and Assessment
THE MAJOR: EFFECTIVE FALL 2009
To major in women's studies, a student must take a minimum of ten courses. Thinking Gender: An Introduction to Feminist Theory (Women's Studies 159S) and a senior seminar (Women's Studies 195S) are required, along with three of the following:
160. Feminism in Historical Context
161. Money, Sex, Power
161S. Money, Sex, Power
162. Gender and Popular Culture
162S. Gender and Popular Culture
163S. Interpreting Bodies: Identity and Beyond
164S. Race, Gender, and Sexuality
165. Gender and Political Theory
166S. Nature, Culture and Gender
167S. Feminist Ethics
168S. Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights
169S. Transnational Feminism
170S. Queer Theory
The remaining five courses are electives and may be chosen from other Women's Studies offerings. Students may take no more than two independent study courses, which must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. In addition, students may petition for credit for courses offered inother departments and programs, with clear documentation of their intellectual value to the overall goals of the major.
Advising
Each year, faculty affiliated with women's studies serve as advisors for students majoring in women's studies. Majors are paired with faculty advisors on the basis of students' general areas of interest. Students majoring in women's studies are encouraged to seek out and work with any of the women's studies faculty in addition to their primary faculty advisor.
Departmental Graduation with Distinction
Qualified students earning a major may be eligible for Graduation with Distinction in women's studies. More detailed guidelines are available in the program office. Students interested in being considered for distinction should contact the program office no later than the spring of their junior year.
OLD MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: To major in Women's Studies, a student must take a minimum of ten courses.
Required Courses:
WST 90 Gender and Everyday Life
WST 195 Senior seminar
Three of the following:
WST 160 Feminism in Historical Context
WST 161 Money, Sex, Power
WST 162 Gender and Popular Culture
WST 163 Interpreting Bodies: Identity and Beyond
WST 164S Race, Gender and Sexuality
The remaining five courses are electives and can be chosen from the list
above or other WOMENST offerings.
The Undergraduate Major
Worksheet can help you keep track of the courses required for
your major.
If you are wondering what you will do with your
major after graduation you should check here.
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