Women's Studies is a multidisciplinary program that enriches the traditional liberal arts curriculum by adding new perspectives on women's lives and accomplishments. Based on the study of women in culture, society and history, the program incorporates gender into other basic categories of analysis including the dynamics of social change, the creation and transmission of culture and the arts, the legacy and cultural construction of our physical and intellectual characteristics, and the origins and nature of current theories and social issues. Women's Studies broadens the education of both male and female students and enhances their career preparation and professional opportunities wherever there is need to understand women and the new role that they play in society. Students choose two courses from the following program core Courses which introduce women's studies in respective disciplines.
Students choose two courses from the following options.
Selections must be from two different divisions or schools. Additional course from the program core courses. Courses from an approved list published in the class schedule. Courses from any discipline for which part of the course requirements can be fulfilled with a research paper on women or women's issues. This allows the integration of Women's Studies perspectives into courses that are not explicitly or entirely structured around those perspectives.