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Degree Requirements

Women and Gender Studies Minor:

Available to all students in all majors.  Minor consists of 19 credits.  Requirements are:

WGS119 Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western Hemisphere  -OR-  WS 263 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

WGS275 Gender and Society

WGS 363  Feminist Theory and Methods

Additional 9 credits (3 courses) of 300-400 level focus or content Women's and Gender Studies Courses.  WS 398, Co-operative Education Experience internships, may be applied toward these credits.

WGS463 Capstone Seminar (2 credits)

Women's and Gender Studies Option within the Liberal Studies Major:

Available to Liberal Studies majors.  Requirements include:

Liberal Studies Core Curriculum

WGS119 Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western Hemisphere

21 credits of 300-400 level Women's and Gender Studies courses

At least 12 of the 21 credits must be focus courses; 9 more may be content courses

WS 398 Co-operative Education Experience internships may be applied toward these credits.

Requests for substitutions or equivalency must be approved  by the director.