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| The Feminist Studies program provides an interdisciplinary, critical exploration of how salient
categories of difference--such as gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, age, religion and nation--are
constituted, challenged, and altered across time and place. The program exposes students to the growing
body of knowledge that falls under the broad rubric of feminism, including feminist theory and its
critics, and it seeks to revise the findings of traditional disciplines to include this new knowledge and
variety of feminist methodologies.
Students with an academic focus on feminist methodologies are well prepared to succeed in a
variety of fields, including non-profit and social work, law, journalism, public policy, cultural studies,
Feminist Studies and traditional disciplines.
The Feminist Studies major exists for those students whose academic and professional career
interests would best be served by a multi-cultural, interdisciplinary approach. Students in Feminist
Studies can double major in any discipline. Paired majors with Communication Studies, English,
History, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology and Theatre are available.
Students who seek an interdisciplinary concentration on feminist methodologies, theories,
practices, and questions also may select Feminist Studies as a minor. Students can combine a Feminist
Studies minor with any major
The Feminist Studies major is a flexible 31-hour (ten-course) program, 19 semester hours (six
courses) of which must be above the introductory level. All majors must take Introduction to Feminist
Studies 04-103 as early as possible, Intellectual Histories of Feminism 04-203, and the Senior Seminar
04-934 as their capstone experience. For the remaining 21 semester hours (seven courses) students
must complete one course in each of the five Areas of Concentration listed below (15 hours) plus two
additional courses in one of these Areas of Concentration (six hours). By taking three courses in a single
Area of Concentration, majors achieve more depth in the area of Feminist Studies that interests them
most.
Areas of Concentration
- Theory and Method: 04-213, 253, 283, 363, 533, 723
- Historical Perspectives: 04-223, 233, 243, 343, 393, 423, 473, 503, 543
- Representation and Aesthetics: 04-173, 223, 263, 313, 373, 413, 443, 453, 533, 573, 633,
- 663, 693, 713, 723
- Difference, Power and Resistance in the U.S.: 04-233, 253, 273, 294, 363, 403, 423, 503,
- 513, 523, 563, 583
- Transnational Perspectives: 04-323, 353, 384, 393, 433, 473, 494
Some courses are listed in more than one Area of Concentration. A major who enrolls in one of these
courses may only count it toward one Area of Concentration on his or her degree plan.
Other courses will be considered for the Feminist Studies major, subject to approval by the Feminist
Studies Committee. Also available for the Feminist Studies major are Feminist Studies Internship 04-
943, Feminist Studies Independent Study 04-953 and Honors in Feminist Studies 04-984.
Students planning to pursue graduate degrees in Feminist Studies should consider taking Mathematics
52-113 as their required mathematics course, and at least one of the following methods courses in
addition to the 31 hours of the major: Anthropology 35-214, Economics 31-314, History 16-854,
Philosophy 18-402, Political Science 32-794, Psychology 33-204 and 33-214, Religion 19-314 and
Sociology 34-203/201.
Major in Feminist Studies: 31 semester hours, including Feminist Studies 04-103, 203, 934
(Capstone); one Theory and Method course from Feminist Studies 04-213, 253, 283, 363, 533,
723; one Historical Perspectives course from Feminist Studies 04-223, 233, 243, 343, 393, 423,
473, 503, 543; one Representation and Aesthetics course from Feminist Studies 04-173, 223, 263,
313, 373, 413, 443, 453, 533, 573, 633, 663, 693, 713, 723; one Difference, Power and Resistance
in the U.S. course from Feminist Studies 04-233, 253, 273, 294, 363, 403, 423, 503, 513, 523, 563,
583; one Transnational Perspectives course from Feminist Studies 04-323, 353, 384, 393, 433,
473, 494; two additional courses from ONE of the above areas of concentration. At least 19 hours
in the major must be above the introductory level.
Minor in Feminist Studies: 18 semester hours (six courses), including Feminist Studies 04-103, 203;
12 additional hours of Feminist Studies, nine hours of which must be above the introductory
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