Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

12. Courses


 
  
  • WS 384 - Strategies for the Managerial Woman

    Credits: 3

    Development of skills to assume managerial positions with clear-cut goals and well-defined strategies for achieving objectives. Emphasis upon professional growth, career advancement, resume building, and balancing personal and career challenges.

    Also Listed as: MGT 384  
  
  • WS 400 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: WS 200 ; Junior Standing or Permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy.

    This course encompasses a variety of topics in women’s studies, covering all disciplines, including, but not limited to, seminars, research projects, hands-on internships in women’s archivalmuseum papers and artifacts, women’s oral history projects, internships in profit or non-profit agencies dealing with women’s issues, and/or independent studies in majors or minors which apply theory, concepts, and skills developed in sophomore or junior level women’s studies courses. Seminar topics or course activities/requirements may change with each course offering. This course can also include directed studies/research on a particular women’s issue in the student’s major or minor field, approved by the Women’s Studies Faculty Advisory Committee and the student’s academic advisor, and supervised (if necessary) by an affiliated women’s studies faculty member in conjunction with a faculty member in the student’s major or minor discipline.

    Note: May be repeated up to six hours.

  
  • WS 425 - Gender Development

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite: Senior standing and at least 9 hours of WS coursework or permission of the Department Chair of Psychology and Family Studies

    This course provides an indepth study of theories and research on gender development from conception through middle childhood.

    Also Listed as: PSY 425 
  
  • WS 499 - Women’s Studies Capstone Course

    Credits: 3



    Prerequisite: 24 hours of women’s studies coursework, including WS 200 , and senior standing

    WS 499 is an integrated and interdisciplinarystudy of major themes, issues and problems in women’s studies.  It explores key features of women’s studies research and engages critical debates on methodology, epistemology, and the relationship between research and social change.  It is also an opportunity for four years of coursework to culminate in a substantial independent project.  The class will explore the state of the field by observing reflections of the “founding mothers” of women’s studies and by examining leading journals and texts in the field. 

    Note:  Required of all majors.


 

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