Majors in Women’s Studies - 37 credits
I. CORE......................................13 credits
Required courses; all Women’s Studies majors must take the following courses:
WOM220 Women: Images and Realities (4)
WOM420 Practicum in Women’s Studies (3)
WOM421 Feminist Theory (3)
WOM490 Seminar in Women’s Studies (3)
II. CLUSTERS…………………12 credits
Majors select one course from each of the following four clusters. Note: No more than three credits can be lower division.
Historical and Political Contexts
WOM311 Women and Work (3)
WOM314 Violence Against Women (3)
WOM316 History of Women in the United States to 1880** (3)
WOM317 History of Women in the United States from 1880** (3)
WOM423 Feminism in the U.S.**(3)
Culture and Representation
WOM222 The Queer Experience (3)
WOM319 Feminist Art and Culture (3)
WOM325 Women and Popular Culture (3)
WOM335 Performing Feminism (3)
THE327 Race, Gender, and Performance (3)
Race, Culture, Nation
BLK221 The Black Woman (3)
WOM340 Transnational Feminism (3)
WOM430 Women in the Caribbean (3)
HIS480 Women in China**(3)
Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
WOM315 Women with Women (3)
WOM318 Women, Love and Sex (3)
WOM322 Masculinities (3)
WOM330 Intro. to Queer Studies (3)
SOC360 Sociology of Gender (3)
III. INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM…..12 credits
As part of your Women’s Studies major, you will be taking 12 “Individualized Program” credits (with no more than 3 lower division credits.) This component of your major plan calls for you to design (in consultation with your adviser) a set of courses exploring an area of Women’s Studies scholarship and practice in depth. Your Individualized Program is designed using WOM or cross-listed courses. Courses satisfying the Individualized Program requirement are taken in addition to required Core and Cluster credits. The goal of the Individualized Program is that each major should be able to design a course of study that meets her/his interests and goals, and that Women’s Studies majors will come away with a depth of knowledge in one area of the broad discipline of Women’s Studies.
Here are some examples of possible Individualized Program plans.* For a given example, the courses listed are not necessarily the only ones that might be appropriate. Please also remember that you are encouraged to define and design the Individualized Program that most meets your needs and interests. All Individualized Program plans must be designed in consultation with and approved by your major adviser.
Human Services
Psychology of Women (3)
Sex Discrimination and the Law (3)
Sociology of Gender (3)
Violence Against Women (3)
Literature & Film
Images of Poverty in Film (3)
Major Authors: Sylvia Plath (3)
Women in German Literature & Film (3)
Women in Literature (3)
Sex & Sexualities
The Queer Experience (3)
Intro. to Queer Studies (3)
Sex & Sexualities (3)
Women, Love and Sex (3)
Politics
Women in Politics (3)
Sex Discrimination and the Law (3)
Reproductive Law and Policy (3)
Women and Drugs (3)
Transnational Feminist Studies
Transnational Feminism (3)
Women in the Caribbean (3)
Women in China (3)
Gender and International Development (3)
History
History of Women in the US to 1880 (3)
History of Women in the US from 1880 (3)
Women in Early Modern Europe (3)
Women in China (3)
Women of Color Feminisms
The Black Woman (3)
Gender in Asia (3)
Race, Class and Gender (3)
Transnational Feminism (3)
Feminism & Social Change
Feminism in the US (3)
Performing Feminism (3)
Violence Against Women (3)
Women, War, and Peace (3)
* Some of the courses listed in these examples are currently offered as Special Topics courses (ex. 393/493.) WOM and cross-listed Special Topics courses may be used to satisfy Individualized Program requirements; consult your adviser.
Current WOM and cross-listed courses include:
American Women Writers (ENG231)
American Women Writers (20th Century) (BLK231)
The Black Woman (BLK221)
Communication and Dissenting Voices (CMM356)
Communication and Gender (CMM452)
Education of Self (EDS351)
Feminism in the U.S. (WOM423)
Feminist Art and Culture (WOM319)
Gender and Anthropology (ANT421)
Gender and Communication (CMM452)
Gender and the Environment (GEO310)
History of Women in U.S. from 1880** (WOM319)
History of Women in U.S. to 1880** (WOM316)
Images of Poverty in Film (SOC361)
Intro. to Queer Studies (WOM330)
Major Authors: Sylvia Plath (ENG470)
Masculinities (WOM322)
Performing Feminism (WOM335)
Psychology of Women (PSY350)
The Queer Experience (WOM222)
Race, Class, and Gender (SOC362)
Race, Gender and Performance (THE327)
Rape and Sexual Assault (WOM399)
Reproductive Law & Policy (WOM320)
Roman Women** (HIS330)
Sex Discrimination and the Law (POL356)
Sociology of Families (SOC370)
Sociology of Gender (SOC360)
Transnational Feminism (WOM430)
Violence against Women (WOM314)
Women and Anger (WOM345)
Women and Health (WOM415)
Women and Popular Culture (WOM325)
Women and Work (WOM311)
Women in China** (HIS480)
Women in Early Modern Europe** (HIS305)
Women in German Literature and Film (GER319)
Women in Literature (ENG230)
Women in Medieval Europe** (HIS313)
Women in Politics (POL216)
Women in the Caribbean (WOM430)
Women, Love and Sex (WOM318)
Women with Women (WOM315)
Women's Studies Selected Topic (see note below)
IV. HISTORY REQUIREMENT
To satisfy the history requirement, majors must take one of the history designated courses (marked **) as part of their Cluster courses, as part of their Individualized Program, or as an additional elective in excess of the 37 required major credits.
NOTE ON SELECTED TOPIC COURSES (Women’s Studies courses or cross-listed 193/293/393/493 courses): Special topic courses may fulfill major requirements. To be decided in consultation with the student’s adviser.
