College of Letters and Science
Program in Women's Studies
Joan M. West, Coordinator (308 Admin. Bldg.; 208/885-7866).
Faculty: Katherine G. Aiken, Janice Capel Anderson, Virginia M. Babcock, Anna Banks, Lois Blackburn, Mary Clearman Blew, Laurel J. Branen, LaRae M. Donnellan, Mary H. DuPree, Martha J. Einerson, Janice W. Fletcher, Stephan P. Flores, Kathryn Paxton George, Nicholas F. Gier, Candida Gillis, H. Lynne Haagensen, Sandra Haarsager, Walter A. Hesford, Bonnie J. Hultstrand, Eric L. Jensen, Georgia Johnson, Virginia W. Junk, Ellen E. Kittell, David Krasner, Suzanne Loker, Cecelia E. Luschnig, Rebecca K. McCoy, Barbara R. Meldrum, Sheila O'Brien, Valerie J. Steffen, Dene K. Thomas, Ann Vail, Nancy J. Wanamaker, Joan M. West, Doris K. Williams, J. Gary Williams, Laurie J. Wilson.
Women's Studies connects different kinds of knowledge across many subjects. The minor offers an interdisciplinary program that uses gender to examine such cultural variables as class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, and age. The courses encourage students to develop critical thinking skills that will empower them as active learners and that will lead them to a better understanding of differences in the society that surrounds them. Fields such as gerontology, mass communications, nursing, recreation, criminology, economics, health services, social work, law, psychology, and education are increasingly offering special career opportunities to students with a background in Women's Studies.
Requirements for a Women's Studies Minor
- Courses chosen from the following, 15 credits.
- Eng 481 Women's Literature (3 credits)
- FCS 445 Issues in Work & Family Life (3 credits)
- Hist 449 From Sappho to Margaret Cavendish: Women in
- Pre-industrial European History or Hist 420 History of Women in American Society (3 credits)
- Phil 405 Feminism & Philosophy (3 credits)
- Psych 330 Human Sexuality (3 credits)
- Soc/Anthr 322 Racial & Ethnic Relations or Soc 423 Sociology of Gender (3 credits)
- Courses in two different disciplines from the list above or
the following, 6 credits.
- FCS 240 Intimate Relationships (3 credits)
- FCS 346 Personal & Family Finance & Management (3 cr)
- FCS 405 Eating Disorders (2 cr)
- FCS 440 Contemporary Family Relationships (3 credits)
- H&S 311 Acquaintance Rape (3 credits)
- PE 404 Special Topics: Women in Sport (3 credits)
- Phil 207 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)
- Psych 320 Introduction to Social Psychology (3 credits)
- Soc 325 Marriage & the Family (3 credits)
- Inter 499 Directed Study (a synthetic paper), 1 credit.
With prior approval of the Women's Studies committee, a student may also include credit from survey courses, special topics courses, or seminars meeting the guidelines for inclusion of courses in a Women's Studies minor. No more than 3 credits may count toward both the student's major and minor.
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