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2009-10 Undergraduate Catalog

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Women's Studies
Description of the Major
The Bachelor of Arts in women and gender studies provides you with knowledge of the concepts in gender and women's studies and gender's role in shaping human experience in interdisciplinary and international contexts. You will learn to interpret and to analyze theory and research methods in gender and women's studies and demonstrate the ability to communicate critical perspectives in gender and women's studies.

Additional information is available from your major's website.
Before Graduating You Must
  • Satisfactorily complete an internship with an outside agency, a service learning course or a research-based project submitted for evaluation to core or affiliated Women's Studies faculty. Assessment in the method chosen requires demonstration of SLOs 1 through 5.
  • Satisfy the Florida statutes for the College-Level Academic Skills Requirement.
  • Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.
Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)
  1. Knowledge of concepts in gender and women's studies.
  2. Knowledge of gender's role in shaping human experience.
  3. Interdisciplinary knowledge of gender's role in shaping human experience.
  4. Ability to interpret and analyze theory and research methods in gender and women's studies.
  5. Ability to effectively and clearly present ideas concerning gender and women's studies in speech and in writing in an appropriate style of presentation.

Courses Content Critical Thinking Communication
SLO 1 SLO 2 SLO 3 SLO 4 SLO 5
Core
WST 3015 X X X X X
WST 3415 X X X X X
WST 4935 X X X X X
Women's Studies Project: Choose one
Internship X X X X X
Research X X X X X
Service Learning X X X X X

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