The Women's Studies Program offers students an opportunity to learn about the past and present achievements and experiences of women and to understand more clearly the decisive role that gender has played and continues to play in human societies. The program is administered by a committee of faculty members and students appointed by the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Any student may take women's studies courses.
Some students take a few courses to complement the curriculum in another major.
Others choose to fulfill the requirements for a major or minor in women's studies. Most women's studies courses do not have prerequisites. Many women's studies courses satisfy group and multicultural requirements. For more information, see Group Requirements and Multicultural Requirement in the Registration and Academic Policies section of the Bulletin. Students who transfer to the university from other colleges may apply up to 8 credits of women's studies courses to the major or minor program.