Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies major in Women's Studies
Completion of the interdisciplinary major requires a minimum of 36 credit hours. Up to 12 hours of transfer credit can be applied to the major, based on approval by the director. Students declaring the major in Women's Studies may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the director. Three hours of independent study can be counted in the major.
Required Courses: (21 hours)
WOST 201 Introduction to Women's Studies
WOST 255/PSY 255 Psychology of Women
WOST 301/ENGL 349/ PHIL 244 Feminist Theory
WOST 302/ANTH 300/SOC 306 Sex and Gender
A course on women writers and/or women visual artists (e.g., WOST 203/205/304/340)
WOST 335/HIST 335 American Women
or
WOST 359/HIST 359 Race and Ethnicity
WOST 400 Women's Studies Portfolio (taken concurrently with 401)
WOST 401 Feminist Practice
Elective Courses: 15 hours. At least one course from each of the following three lists. Within each category, students should take no more than one course from each departmental prefix (other than WOST). When a course is counted in the core, it cannot also be counted as an elective.1) Gender and Culture:
ART 351 Black Art and Visual Culture (special topics course)
ENGL 242 American Indian Literature (CL INDS 242)
ENGL 296 American Identities (CL AMST 296)
ENGL 351 Language and Society
HIST 353 U.S. Consumer Culture
WOST 203 Chicana Writers and Visual Artists
WOST 205 Women in Art (CL ART 205)
WOST 304 Latina Literary and Cultural Studies (CL ENGL 304 / INDS 304)
WOST 314 Women Writers (CL ENGL 314)
WOST 335 American Women (CL HIST 335)
WOST 336 African American Women's History (CL HIST 336)
WOST 340 Black Women Writers (CL ENGL 340)
WOST 359 Race and Ethnicity (CL HIST 359/INDS 359)
WOST 405 French Women Writers (CL LANG 405)
WOST 406 Women in French Literature (CL LANG 406)
WOST 377 Special Topics
2) Gender and Society:
SOC 201 Social Problems
SOC 303 Social Class and Inequality
SOC 365 Family Violence
ECON 312 Women in the Economy
POLI 349 Women in Politics (special topics course)
POLI 382 Social Welfare Policy
PSY 276 Human Sexuality
WOST 255 Psychology of Women (CL PSY 255)
WOST 345 Women, Health, and Society (CL SOC 345)
WOST 373 Gender and Communication (CL COMM 373)
WOST 377 Special Topics
3) Gender in a Transnational World:
ANTH 219 Cultural Anthropology
BIO 360 AIDS and STDs
COMM 465 Intercultural Communication
ENGL 396 Non-Western Literature
HIST 399 Globalism (special topics course)
PSY 370 Cross-Cultural Psychology
SOC 321 Population and Society
SOC 361 Law and the World
WOST 386 Women and Film (CL ENGL 386)
WOST 377 Special Topics
WOST 490 Independent Study (can be applied to one of the above categories, with Director's approval)