Women’s Studies Program
FACULTY Robertson (Director), Koehler (assistant), J. Bukowski, Craig, Frye, Glassmeyer, Hogan, Linn, A. Scott, Toxqui .
Women’s studies is an interdisciplinary field of study which questions the traditional attitudes towards women and offers a new understanding of and perspectives on women. The primary objectives of women’s studies are:
- to address past scholarly neglect of material by, for, and about women;
- to increase and disseminate knowledge of the behaviors, experiences, and contributions of women in society;
- to examine critically and evaluate the assumptions and theories held about women in society in the traditional disciplines, as well as current interdisciplinary approaches to the study of women;
- to provide an expanded vision of women’s future roles and opportunities and foster an awareness of women’s existing abilities and potentials.
Minor in Women’s Studies
Required Courses (6 hours)
- WMS 200 Introduction to Women’s Studies 3
- WMS 400 Directed Research in Women’s Studies 3
Electives (9 hours)
- ENG 129 African American Literature 3
- ENG 190 Women in Literature 3
- ENG 331 Studies in Women Writers 3
- NUR 219 Women and Health 3
- PSY 300 Psychology of Women 3
- HIS 304 Women in American History 3
- HIS 334 Women in Developing Nations 3
- HIS 339 Women in Global Perspective 3
- HIS 382 History of Women, Work, Family 3
- PLS 493 Seminar in Political Theory: Equality, Diversity, and Citizenship 3
- SOC 300 Cross-cultural Perspectives on Gender 3
- SOC 310 Sociology of the Family 3
- SOC 311 Comparative Family Systems 3
- SOC 313 Race, Ethnicity, and Power 3
- SOC 315 Gender and Society 3