Students must take at least one multicultural course dealing with gender cross-culturally, or with a focus on a specific ethnic or minority group. The multicultural course must be a core course in the concentration. Students may petition for the approval of other courses if the student undertakes a substantial paper or research project on gender or women's issues from a multicultural perspective. The four core and elective courses must come from at least three different departments. Basic assumptions and theories of traditional disciplines are questioned through an interdisciplinary approach.
Guest lecturers share research on the effect of feminist scholarship in their disciplines.
An introduction to feminist history and critiques of science, beginning with the definition of science and moving into the history of women in science. An examination of the use of gender as a variable in scientific studies and of the implications of feminist critiques. Offered in alternate years. An introduction to selected issues of concern to feminists. Course readings are designed to be starting points for feminist investigations of cultural, political, economic, and ideological phenomena around the world.