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B.A. Degree in Women's Studies
Course Requirements
36 Credit Hours


Core Courses

(each of the following courses)

12
WMST 2010 Intro to Women's Studies (W)
WMST 2020 Women in Global Perspective (T)
WMST 3330 Feminist Thought and Practice (W)
WMST 4500 Senior Capstone (O)
* O = Oral Intensive; W = Writing Intensive; T= Technology Intensive

Women and Cultural Production

(at least one course)

3
ARTH 4117 Women Artists & Their Art
ENGL 3500 Women Authors
ENGL 4087 Themes in Women's Literature
ENGL 4290 Film Genres:  Women in Film
PHIL 3110 Philosophy of Feminism

Women's History

(at least one course)

3
HIST 4237 Women in the Ancient World
HIST 4247 History of Women in U.S. Settlements to 1945
HIST 4837 American Women Since WWII
HIST 4956/7 Women in Appalachia

Civic Engagement

(at least one course)

3
SPCH 3346 Speaking for Social Change
WMST 4080 Women's Studies Internship
HDAL/MGMT 4460 Leadership Studies

5 Additional Women's Studies Courses

15
Choose from general elective below, or from any unduplicated courses above.
CJCR 4950 Women and Crime
FCNU 4507 Social Concerns and Women's Health
HDAL 2340 Understanding Cultural Diversity (1)
PSYC 3300 Psychology of Women
SOAA 3030 Gender and Society
SOWK 1030 Cultural Diversity (1)
SPCH 4200 Gender and Communication
WMST 4950 Issues in Women's Movement
WMST 4957 Special Topics in Women's Studies

Women's Studies Emphasis courses (max of two) (2)

Other approved special topics courses (3)

(1) Students can count either HDAL 2340 Understanding Cultural Diversity or SOWK 1030 Cultural Diversity toward the major, but not both.

(2) Women's Studies Emphasis courses are special sections of standard courses in various departments, typically Gen Ed courses, which are designed and taught in ways that still meet their original course criteria within their own departments and within Gen Ed, but also highlight female writers/theorists, women and gender issues, and/or feminist frameworks.  These courses are designated by the WSSC, in consultation with instructors.  Limit of 2.

(3) With approval of the women's studies Committee (WSSC), additional special topics of other unique courses may be counted toward the major.