The SIP in women's studies is encouraged but not required. Any faculty member regularly teaching in the women's studies program may direct a SIP in women's studies. Experiential Education and Off Campus Programs Women's studies, as a field, strives to unite the academic and the experiential, so concentrators are strongly encouraged to integrate their academic work in women's studies with their experiences outside the classroom, on and off campus. The study abroad experience is an invaluable opportunity to study women's lives in a cross cultural context. Empha sis upon the theory and methodology of women's studies, collaborative learning, and alternate source material.
Topics vary annually.
Credit toward graduation only. Junior standing, previouscourseworkinwomen'sstudies,or permissionofinstructor.