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School of Arts and Letters

Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Coordinator: Dr. Kelly Alisa Ryan
Campus Office: CV 027
Telephone: (812) 941-2393
E-mail:  ryanka@ius.edu

Mission/Vision Statement

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at IU Southeast is interdisciplinary and draws from diverse specializations. In the program, students learn and share knowledge about the way gender, sexuality, and culture shape the experiences, ideologies, individuals, and politics in the world.  Students explore issues of gender, sexuality, and culture in the context of history, literature, class studies, religion, art, philosophy, sociology, the natural sciences and other areas.  The Women’s and Gender Studies program is dedicated to working for intellectual excellence, educational equity and a campus free of sexism, racism, heterosexism and other forms of discriminatory treatment.

Student Learning Goals

  • Students will analyze gender and sexuality as social constructions. 
  • Students will reflect on variations in women’s and men’s experiences across nations, cultures, time, class, race, religion, etc.
  • Students will learn to recognize the intersectional nature of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and class.

Certificate Requirements

24 credit hours in women's and gender studies, including:

  1.  

    Dept.

    Course Number

    Title

    Credit Hours

    Minimum Grade

    Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

    WOST-W

    200

    Women in Society – Intro to Women’s Studies

    3

    Electives

    Dept.

    Course Number

    Title

    Credit Hours

    Minimum Grade

    Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

    ENG-L

    207

    Women and Literature

    3

    ENG-L

    378

    Studies in Women and Literature

    3

    ENG-L

    335

    Victorian Literature

    3

    ENG-L

    384

    Studies in American Culture

    3

    FINA-A

    270

    Women in the History of Art

    3

    HIST-A

    260

    Early North American Women’s History

    3

    HIST-A

    261

    Modern American Women’s History

    3

    HIST-H

    214

    Comparative Women’s History

    3

    HIST-H

    231

    The Family in History

    3

    HPER-H

    305

    Women’s Health

    3

    PHIL-P

    345

    Problems in Social and Political Philosophy: Gender & Sexuality

    3

    PHIL-P

    394

    Feminist Philosophy

    3

    POLS-Y

    200

    Contemporary Political Problems

    3

    POLS-Y

    324

    Women and Politics

    3

    PSY-B

    388

    Human Sexuality

    3

    PSY-P

    460

    The Psychology of Women

    3

    REL-R

    364

    Topics in Gender & Western Religion

    3

    SOC-R

    220

    The Family

    3

    SOC-R

    320

    Sexuality and Society

    3

    SOC-R

    326

    Masculinity and Society

    3

    SOC-R

    463

    Inequality and Society

    3

    SOC-S

    310

    The Sociology of Women in America

    3

    SOC-S

    321

    Variations in Human Sexuality

    3

    SOC-S

    329

    Women & Deviance

    3

    SOC-S

    338

    Gender Roles

    3

    SOC-S

    413

    Gender and Society

    3

    SOC-S

    423

    Sexual Patterns and Variations

    3

    SPCH-S

    450

    Gender and Communication

    3

    WOST-W

    495

    Readings and Research in Women’s Studies

    3

    Capstone

    Dept.

    Course Number

    Title

    Credit Hours

    Minimum Grade

    Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

    WOST-W

    400

    Selected Topics in Women’s Studies (Senior Seminar)

    3

     

    • WOST W 200 - Women in Society – Intro to Women’s Studies
    • WOST W 400 - Selected Topics in Women's Studies (Senior Seminar)
    • 18 credit hours in other women's studies courses which must include:
      •  two humanities courses (ENG, FINA, PHIL, SPCH, or REL courses)
      •  two social science courses (HIST,POLS, PSY, or SOC courses)
      •  at least 12 of these 18 credit hours must be in 300- to 400-level courses 

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