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Global Gender Studies: Degrees & Policies
Advisement
Students interested in pursuing a B.A., joint major, or minor in Global Gender Studies must speak with the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies to discuss their interests in the department, as well as to plan their sequencing of courses to meet all criteria.
Degrees Offered
Undergraduate: BA (Major, Double Major, and Joint Major), Minor
Areas: Cultures and Identities, Gender and Public Policy, Women and Global Citizenship
Graduate: MA, PhD through the Department of American Studies
Note: the application to offer MA and PhD degrees in Global Gender Studies through the Department of Global Gender Studies is currently pending.
Areas: Cultures and Identities, Gender and Public Policy, Women and Global Citizenship
Graduate: MA, PhD through the Department of American Studies
Note: the application to offer MA and PhD degrees in Global Gender Studies through the Department of Global Gender Studies is currently pending.
Degree Options
Cultures and Identities. This area links examinations of culture, creativity, and popular media to broad perspectives on the discourses of difference (such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, subjectivity and geographic location) in the construction of women's identities. It recognizes the ways in which artifacts, practices and texts work to construct identity.
Women and Global Citizenship. This area exposes students to key areas of research and knowledge: the regional transnational mobilizations of women's labor, the alignment of women's movements with new postcolonial histories, international organizations, human disaster, international migration, world-wide democratization and gender, contemporary globalization and gender issues, and environmental issues. Students study individual's lives in the United States, East Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa and participate in our research agenda, which incorporates labor struggles, immigration, and women's engagement in national and transnational movements.
Gender and Public Policy. This area introduces Global Gender Studies students to new visions of policy intervention at the community, regional, and global levels of action. Students study the ways in which gender and social discourses help pattern social conflicts and their resolution, incarceration and war, and new ways of thinking about women's health and effective development and implementation of human rights.
Women and Global Citizenship. This area exposes students to key areas of research and knowledge: the regional transnational mobilizations of women's labor, the alignment of women's movements with new postcolonial histories, international organizations, human disaster, international migration, world-wide democratization and gender, contemporary globalization and gender issues, and environmental issues. Students study individual's lives in the United States, East Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa and participate in our research agenda, which incorporates labor struggles, immigration, and women's engagement in national and transnational movements.
Gender and Public Policy. This area introduces Global Gender Studies students to new visions of policy intervention at the community, regional, and global levels of action. Students study the ways in which gender and social discourses help pattern social conflicts and their resolution, incarceration and war, and new ways of thinking about women's health and effective development and implementation of human rights.
Global Gender Studies - B.A.
Acceptance Criteria
Minimum GPA of 2.0 overall.
Required Courses
Major and Double Major Requirements
Core Curriculum
WS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
WS 490 Senior Thesis OR WS 497 Department Honors Thesis OR WS 498 UG Research and Creative Activities
The Global Gender Studies Department offers courses across three inter-related areas. Students must complete one course in each of the three areas. Choose from the following:
Cultures and Identities
WS 265 Sexuality and Orientation
WS 308 Images of Women and Men in the Changing World
WS 379 Sex: Gender and Popular Culture
WS 415 Media and Gender
Women and Global Citizenship
WS 240 Women in Contemporary Asia
WS 247 Women in Latin America
WS 350 Gender Issues in Contemporary Africa
WS 421 Democracy and Gender
WS 425 Women's Movement
WS 466 Women Work and Social Change
Gender and Public Policy
WS 225 Violence in a Gender World
WS 260 Women's Health: Problems and Practices
WS 353 Law Interprets Gender
WS 487 International Organizations, Gender and Development
Students are required to take an additional 12 credit hours of electives in the Department of Global Gender Studies. Students must get permission from the Director of Undergraduate Studies to substitute elective courses taken outside of the department. In addition, 15 of the 36 total credit hours needed for the GGS Major/Double Major must be upper-level (i.e., 300 or 400 level). These 15 credits may include courses taken in fulfillment of the major requirements.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the major......36
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.
Joint Major Requirements
Core Curriculum
WS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
One course from each area (Cultures and Identities, Women and Global Citizenship, and Gender and Public Policy) and one additional elective.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the joint major......24
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.
Core Curriculum
WS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
WS 490 Senior Thesis OR WS 497 Department Honors Thesis OR WS 498 UG Research and Creative Activities
The Global Gender Studies Department offers courses across three inter-related areas. Students must complete one course in each of the three areas. Choose from the following:
Cultures and Identities
WS 265 Sexuality and Orientation
WS 308 Images of Women and Men in the Changing World
WS 379 Sex: Gender and Popular Culture
WS 415 Media and Gender
Women and Global Citizenship
WS 240 Women in Contemporary Asia
WS 247 Women in Latin America
WS 350 Gender Issues in Contemporary Africa
WS 421 Democracy and Gender
WS 425 Women's Movement
WS 466 Women Work and Social Change
Gender and Public Policy
WS 225 Violence in a Gender World
WS 260 Women's Health: Problems and Practices
WS 353 Law Interprets Gender
WS 487 International Organizations, Gender and Development
Students are required to take an additional 12 credit hours of electives in the Department of Global Gender Studies. Students must get permission from the Director of Undergraduate Studies to substitute elective courses taken outside of the department. In addition, 15 of the 36 total credit hours needed for the GGS Major/Double Major must be upper-level (i.e., 300 or 400 level). These 15 credits may include courses taken in fulfillment of the major requirements.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the major......36
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.
Joint Major Requirements
Core Curriculum
WS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
One course from each area (Cultures and Identities, Women and Global Citizenship, and Gender and Public Policy) and one additional elective.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the joint major......24
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements for general education and remaining university requirements.
Global Gender Studies - Minor
Acceptance Criteria
Minimum GPA of 2.0 overall.
Required Courses
WS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
Electives: Two additional Global Gender Studies courses required.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the minor......18
WS 205 Women in the Global System OR WS 241 Women in Developing Countries: Socio-economic and Political Perspectives
WS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
WS 330 Global Women's Voices OR WS 414 Contemporary Global and Gender Issues
Electives: Two additional Global Gender Studies courses required.
Summary
Total required credit hours for the minor......18
Last updated: Wednesday, 23-Apr-2008 15:43:13 EDT