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The Women's and Gender Studies Program offers an opportunity for both male and female students to explore the different ways in which men and women have been acculturated throughout history and the ways in which contemporary gender roles of masculinity and femininity influence our expectations and experiences of life today.
Both the major and minor provide a comprehensive, coherent, and carefully chosen course of study that enables students to reach a more complete understanding of the social construction of gender and sexuality. Emphasis is given to the history, position, and achievements of women in a cultural structure that has usually been male-centered. Students will be introduced to the questions raised and methods used in new scholarship on women and gender. An interdisciplinary program, the Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor provide students the opportunity to study such varied subjects as: the sociology of gender within the family (WGS 334), the psychology of gender (WGS 270), gender in U.S. politics (WGS 332), human sexuality and relationships (WGS 285), the history and current status of the black woman in society (WGS 389), and the history and status of women within the Christian church and theology (WGS 363). A complete listing of regular course offerings and special topics courses are available.
Because gender influences virtually every aspect of our lives, from family life to the work world to one’s individual psychology, students planning careers in areas as diverse law, business, medicine, service, and the sciences find course work in women's and gender studies to be a useful component of their education.
A major in Women’s and Gender Studies consists 27 semester hours including WGS 180, 201, 401, three hours of either WGS 485 or 490, and fifteen hours of additional course work. Of those fifteen hours, nine must be at the 300 level or above. One course must fulfill a global/multicultural requirement, and courses must come from two of the following three area designations: humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
A minor in Women's and Gender Studies consists of 15 semester hours, including Women's and Gender Studies 180, 201, 401, and at least two additional courses, one of which must be numbered 300 or above.
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