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Description: Women's Studies Minor
The Women’s Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with the theoretical bases for understanding women’s changing roles in society. As an academic discipline it has its own
- distinct subject matter
- research tools
- ways of knowing
Through selected courses in Women’s Studies and other disciplines, the minor
- challenges myths, prejudices, and stereotypes of women as well as men
- studies effects of gender, race, class, ethnicity sexual orientation on worldviews
- examines gender construction in its social, historical and cultural implications
- explores recent scholarship on women, gender, and feminist theory
- defines women’s achievements in history, art, science, and culture
- considers traditional disciplines from a feminist perspective
- integrates experience and knowledge to achieve equity in community
The interdisciplinary nature of the minor accommodates a wide range of student interests. By exposing students to new information about women’s issues and developing their analytical skills through reading, writing and speaking, the Women’s Studies minor complements all 22 of the College’s majors.
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