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NWU Home   ›   Academics   ›   Academic Departments   ›   Gender Studies Department   ›   Majors and Minors

Majors and Minors

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Arts designates a broad-based liberal arts education. The Bachelor of Science is advisable for those who wish to signal social science expertise in a related career such as social work or counseling psychology.

The study of women, gender, and feminist scholarship in an interdisciplinary field that draws upon research in the humanities, the social sciences, the natural sciences, the arts, and professional education. Gender Studies cources encourage both male and female students to make strong personal connections between classroom material and their own experience. Through applying feminist theories to their own lives, students learn, interpret, and evaluate various cultureal phenomena, using a broad range of criteria, including gender, ethnicity, race, class, age, and sexual orientation.

Major

  • Gender Studies (B.A., B.S.)

Minor

  • Gender Studies

Majors

Core Requirements 15 hrs.
Gender Studies major (B.A. or B.S., 33-35 hrs.)
Gend 090 Intro to Women's Studies 3 hrs.
Gend/Phil 227 Feminist Theories 3 hrs.
Gend/Comm 250 Communication and Gender or
Gend/Soc 222 Sociology of Gender		 3 hrs.
Gend 297 Practicum 3 hrs.
Electives
(Select courses from the following; three different disciplines must be represented:)		 15 hrs.
Gend/Eng 101 Masterpieces of Lit: Coming of Age or Sexualities 3 hrs.
Gend/Psych 120 Psychology of Women 3 hrs.
Gend/Psych 125 Psychology of Gender 3 hrs.
Gend/Phil 130P Philosophies of Race and Gender 3 hrs.
Gend/Relig 130R Women and Religion 3 hrs.
Gend/SocWk 135 Family Violence 3 hrs.
Gend/Hist 137 History of Women in the U.S. 3 hrs.
Gend/Music 160 Music of Women Composers 3 hrs.
Gend/PolSc 170 Women and Power 3 hrs.
Gend/Thtre 173 Gender and the Art of Film 3 hrs.
Gend/Nurs 204 Women's Health: Global Perspective 3 hrs.
Gend/Soc 222 Sociology of Gender (If not used in core requirements) 3 hrs.
Gend/Eng 240 Women Writing Across Cultures 3 hrs.
Gend/Comm 250 Comm and Gender 3 hrs.
Gend/Hist 255 Women of the American West (if not used in core requirements) 3 hrs.
Gend 262 Contemporary Theatre: Performance of Gender 3 hrs.
Gend 196 Gender Studies Special Projects or
Gend 296 Special Projects		 1-3 hrs.
Gend 197 Gender Studies Practicum or
Gend 297 Practicum		 1-3 hrs.
Research Methods requirement
(Select one course from the following:)		 3-5 hrs.
Comm 150 Research Methods 3 hrs.
Eng 298 Ways of Reading: Theory & Practice 3 hrs.
Hist 100 Theory & Method 3 hrs.
PolSc 100  Introduction to Statistics and SPSS and
PolSc 200 Research Methods in Political Science		 5 hrs.
Psych 111 Research Methods 4 hrs.
Soc 236 Research Methods in Soc Science I 3 hrs.
Soc 237 Research Methods in Soc Science II 3 hrs.

Additional courses and appropriate selected topics courses may be used for the major with the approval of the Gender Studies Committee.

Senior Comprehensive 3 hrs.
Gend 299 Feminist Research 3 hrs.

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Minors

Courses  
Gender Studies minor (15 hrs.)
Gender Studies 090 Intro to Women's Studies 3 hrs.
Electives
Choose courses (from at least two different departments) from the list of Electives under the Gender Studies major. Additional courses and appropriate selected topics courses may be included in the minor with the approval of the Gender Studies Coordinator.		 12 hrs.

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