The faculty of the Women's Studies Program is drawn from a number of different departments within the College. Integrating a wide array of courses from the humanities and social sciences, the program focuses on the histories and situations of women in different cultures, and on the ways in which social and economic factors have affected women's lives. As a result, students augment skills and knowledge acquired in other disciplines, and gain insight into issues related to gender that will be especially useful for careers in human services, health, education, and public policy advocacy. The program also provides the background needed for graduate study in the humanities and social sciences as well as in women's studies. Offered only as a minor field, the Women's Studies Program is an option for students majoring in any discipline.
Courses are open to all interested students.
Six of these credits may be within the student's major field. These may not be in the student's major field. Social science approaches to the study of sex, money, and power relationships between women and men of varying class, ethnic, and racial backgrounds in industrialized societies, especially the United States. Topics in Women and Religion . Debates concerning women's nature, women's rights, and women's place in various sacred and secular religions, past and present.