Women’s Studies Concentration Requirements:
Students in the Women’s Studies Concentration must take a total of 18 credits in Women’s Studies. Three of the credits are the required course, Gender in the Everyday World. Three additional credits may be taken as an internship.The fifteen credits past WMS 105 must be taken in at least two different disciplines. This includes the internship, which must be discipline-specific as well as WMS oriented. Students should confer with the WMS concentration coordinator to be sure they are meeting the concentration requirements. Students in the WMS concentration must also take one non-western culture course: non-western history, non-western literature, etc. Foreign language does not count for this requirement.
Freshman Courses Semester Hours
Computer Elective (CSA/CSC/CST 100 or higher) 3
ENG 101 Composition 3
ENG 102 Literature and Composition 3
PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology 3
MAT 136 Intermediate Algebra 3
BIO 105 Introduction to Biology 4
WMS 105 Gender in the Everyday World 3
HIS 101 Western Civilization I OR HIS 102 Western Civilization II 3
Foreign Language 8
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33
Sophomore Courses
COM 173 Speech Communication 3
Fifteen credits of WMS courses must be taken from courses cross-listed in
at least two of the following disciplines (that is, WMS/HUM, WMS/SOC, WMS/SCI):
Humanities Electives*** 6
Liberal Arts Electives 9
Social Science Electives*** 6
BIO 103/WMS 103 Women’s Health (can be taken either year) 3
Internship/WMS Elective (The internship counts toward the
fulfillment of the 15 credits needed for the WMS Concentration
and must be taken in a discipline that meets the distribution
requirements for the degree.) 3
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30
* To meet the mathematics requirement for transfer to most four-year colleges, the student should take MAT 146 or MAT 201. (See your advisor.)
** Students with no college level credits in a foreign language must take a placement exam to register for any foreign language above the 101 level. Students passing the foreign language placement exam for 101 will receive credit for that course.
*** One Interdisciplinary (IDS) course is needed to fulfill Core Curriculum requirements. This course may be selected from Humanities, Science or Social Science areas.
The following courses count toward the Women’s Studies credit requirements:
BIO 103/WMS 103 Women’s Health
ENG 160/WMS 160 Introduction to Literature by Women
ENG 265/WMS 265 Women’s Autobiography
HIST 124/WMS 124 Women of the World
PHL 123/WMS 123 Ethics: Feminist Perspectives
PHL 125/WMS 125 Feminism
PSY 211/WMS 211 Psychology of Women
PSY 250/WMS 250 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
Other courses are currently under development.