Nikole Snover

My courses in Women’s Studies have given me the voice and tools to go out in the world and create change to better our society.
- Nikole Snover ’05, English major, women’s studies minor

Detail

Women’s Studies Minor

16 credits

Offered by the Women’s Studies Council
Chair: Megan L. Birch
Council: Elizabeth A. Ahl, Julie N. Bernier (ex officio), Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Matthew A. Cheney, Robin DeRosa, Mary E. Earick, Katharine N. Harrington, Whitney B. Howarth, Catherine F. LeBlanc, Linda S. Levy, Ann K. McClellan, Wendy J. Palmquist, Angela M. Ricciardi, Delilah R. Smith, Lisa D. Spradley, Alice P. Staples, H. David Zehr (ex officio)

The Women’s Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program which focuses on the diversity of women’s lives and work in cultural and historical perspective, and which introduces students to feminist methodologies and explores the use of gender as a tool for analyzing experience. The program is comprised of a common core course, approved courses offered by several departments, and a senior project. Women and men will benefit from pursuing the Women’s Studies minor.

Requirements

Credits
WSDI 2500 The F Word: Feminism in the United States (SSDI) 3
WS 4990 Women's Studies Senior Project 1
Approved Courses - complete 12 credits, at least nine credits must be at the 3000/4000 level: 12
AH 3750 Women, Art, and Society (DICO)
CJ 3500 Women and Crime
EN 2250 Identity and Difference in American Literature (DICO)
EN 3450 Women Writers
EN 3611 Currents in British Literature I (INCO)
HE 4100 Women's Health Issues (WECO)
HI 3350 American Women's History (DICO)
HI 3826 Sex and Empire in Colonial India (GACO) (WRCO)
HI 3828 Women and Global Colonialism (GACO)
IS 3470 Women in Contemporary American Culture (INCO)
PO 3350 Women in World Politics
PS 3200 Psychology of Women (DICO)
SO 3070 The Sociology of the Family
SO 3160 Women in World Development
WSDI 1500 The Contemporary American Male: His Issues, His Desires (SSDI)
WS 3300 Women and Sport Cultures (DICO) (WECO)
WS 3500 Topics in Women's Studies
WS 3510 Women and Their Environments (INCO)
WS 4000 Internship
WS 4010 Women and the Economy
WS 4910 Independent Study

Only one Approved Course may be selected from the student's major field of study. At least 12 credits of the minor must be completed before the internship occurs. WS 4000 is limited to three credits in the minor. Students may submit a Student Request form to the Women's Studies Council Chair, to request consideration of another course to meet the Approved Courses requirement.

*All course information is from the 2012-2013 Catalog.