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Jan 15, 2025
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2024-2025 Catalog
Liberal Arts AA - Women’s and Gender Studies Option
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Code: AA.LA.WMST
The Women’s Studies option is an interdisciplinary major which examines women’s roles and achievements locally and globally. Various perspectives are presented through such courses as Women in History, Sociology of Gender Roles, Women in Literature, and Women and Religion.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- Recognize how race, sexuality, class, ethinicity, ability, religion, and location intersect with gender identity in order to use this understanding in dialogue with others. [ACUE 2, Bloom’s 2]
- Apply feminism as both a concept and an analytical approach to study women and gender in different historical and cultural contexts. [ACUE 3, Bloom’s 3]
- Examine how diverse identities, cultures, and societies are structured by the intersections of categories including gender, race, sexuality, class, ability, religion, and global location. [ACUE 4, Bloom’s 4]
- Identify and evaluate core assumptions that are attached to contemporary systems of gender and sexuality. [ACUE 2/5, Bloom’s 2/6]
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Recommended Semester Sequence
Communication Elective:
Choose Third Semester
- History Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Humanities Electives 6 Credit(s)
- Natural Science Elective 4 Credit(s)
- WMST Core Course 3 Credit(s)
Fourth Semester
- Natural Science Elective 4 Credit(s)
- Diversity Elective 3 Credit(s)
- WMST Elective 3 Credit(s)
- Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ‡
General Education Requirements
Humanities Electives **
Two general education courses selected from the following fields, with no more than two courses in any one field: Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN).
Required:
One WMST course - choose either Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology
- Mathematics - a 4-credit general education course in Mathematics (MAT) OR [one 3-cr. general education course in Mathematics (MAT) AND a 1-cr. course in Information Technology (INF)] 4 Credit(s)*
- Natural Science - Two general education courses to be selected from these fields: Biology (BIO); Chem (CHM); Horticulture (HRT); Physics (PHY) 8 Credit(s)*
Diversity Course:
Choose either WMST Core Courses
In addition to the WMST courses taken to satisfy General Education requirements, students will take three (3) WMST courses from the list below:
Free Electives ‡
Recommended: IST-123
Notes: IST-123 will fulfill 3 credits of Free Electives for students who place into the course.
Total Credit Hours: 60
Specific Program Notes
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
* General Education Elective(s)
** General Education Electives ;in Arts (ART, MUS,THR, CIN); Literature (LIT); Philosophy & Religion (PHR); or World Languages & Cultures (LAN).
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‡ Recommended: IST-123
IST-123 will fulfill 3 credits of Free Electives for students who place into the course
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