Undergraduate Course Descriptions: Women's Studies Courses
WMST 101 - Intro Women's Studies
Offers an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural survey of the ways in which
gender interacts with race, age, and class to shape human
consciousness and determine the social organization of human society.
Credits: 3.00
College: COAS-Humanities
Department: Women's Studies
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):
Continuing Education
WMST 240 - Women/Society Global Context
Studies women in a global society with one major area covered during each offering. Offered each year to accommodate one major world area.
Credits: 3.00
College: COAS-Humanities
Department: Women's Studies
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):
Continuing Education
WMST 280 - Spec Top Women's Studies
Sec1: Explorations in Tech and Gen
Sec2: Arab Women Writers
Gives students an opportunity to apply the interdisciplinary
methodology of women's studies to a focused topic. Topics to be
announced. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 0.00 to 3.00
College: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Women's Studies
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):
Continuing Education
WMST 299 - Independent Study Women's Studies
Independent study on a topic selected by the student. Independent
study is supervised by a faculty member and guided by a plan of study.
Credits: 12.00
College: COAS-Humanities
Department: Women's Studies
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):
Continuing Education
WMST 301 - Seminar in Feminist Theory
Studies theoretical perspectives offered by feminist scholars in a range
of disciplines from literature to politics. Proceeds from the assumption
that feminist approaches yield different answers to traditional questions
and pose new questions for critical inquiry.
Credits: 3.00
College: COAS-Humanities
Department: Women's Studies
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):
Continuing Education
May not have the following Classification(s):
Freshman
Pre-Requisites: WMST 101 Minimum Grade: D
Minor: 1) Required Courses for the Major (6 credits) WMST 101 – Introduction to Women's Studies (3 credits)
WMST 301 - Seminar in Feminist Theory (3 credits)2) WMST Electives (6 credits)WMST 240, Women and Society in a Global Context;
WMST 280, Special Topics in Women's Studies*
WMST 299, Independent Study *Special Topics Courses: WMST 280, Special Topics in Women's Studies, varies from
term to term. Students will, thus, be able to take it up to three times (9 credits), as long as
the topic is different each time
3) Four – five electives (12-15 credits) from approved departmentally based courses
Departmentally-based courses include:
-
ANTH 215 Anthropology of Gender (3)
HIST 223 Women and Work (3)
HIST 224 Women in American History (3)
HIST 286 Technology and Gender (3)
Lit 355 Women and Literature
SOC 230 Women and Men in a Changing Society (3)
-
PSY 356 Women's Health Psychology (3)
Programming:
In addition to courses, Women Studies collaborates with other academic programs in the College and Student Life to provide relevant lectures and workshops for students, faculty and staff, including celebrations of Women's History Month and outreach during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Drexel Women's Studies Program is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Women's
Studies Consortium, which includes 11 other are universities and colleges. Consortium
events on and off the Drexel campus are open to Drexel students, faculty, and staff.
Support the Women Studies by making your gift online now!!! |
