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Bachelor of Arts - Women's Studies

Curriculum Map

Program Goals

College Goals

Course

WS 100

Yes

WS 150

Yes

WS 180

Yes

WS 192

Yes

WS 214

Yes

WS 215

Yes

WS 217

Yes

WS 218

Yes

WS 221

Yes

WS 222

Yes

WS 224

Yes

WS 225

Yes

WS 226

Yes

WS 227

Yes

WS 230

Yes

WS 234

Yes

WS 236

Yes

WS 240

Yes

WS 250

Yes

WS 260

Yes

WS 265

Yes

WS 270

Yes

WS 272Y

Yes

WS 274

Yes

WS 276

Yes

WS 282

Yes

WS 290

Yes

WS 300

Yes

WS 320

Yes

WS 323

Yes

WS 386

Yes

WS 390

Yes

Program Goals

Key Learning Goals

Understand the basic concepts and theoretical approaches in the discipline.

Possess a thorough knowledge of the content, issues, concerns and debates within the sub-fields of the discipline.

Use their mastery of concepts and content to relate the historical to the present nature of politics and governance.

Apply theories and research methods to understand new and complex phenomena.

Relate theoretical approaches with practice through internships.

Additional Learning Goals

Develop writing skills, including the ability to develop an internally coherent and structured argument as part of their research papers.

Possess oral communication skills that allow them to engage in discussion and a verbal exchange of ideas and concepts.

Computer literacy, including the use of electronic resources pertaining to research.

Possess critical thinking skills that allow them to retain, manage and synthesize complex information and ideas.

Possess a sense of the responsibilities of citizenship and a sense of personal political efficacy/engagement.

General Education / Liberal Education Requirements (College Goals)

Students must demonstrate proficiency in written communication.
Students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate level.
Students must become informed global citizens and gain intercultural awareness through a study abroad experience.
Students must become acquainted with different ages, societies, and cultures and learn how to use a variety of historical sources.
Students must be able to reason abstractly and appreciate the elegance of abstract structure.
Students must understand the methods of scientific discovery and experimental design.
Students must acquire problem-solving and research capability by identifying, locating, evaluating, and effectively using information.
Students must be able to analyze and understand the creative process, assimilate experience, and communicate it.
Students must be able to interpret words, images, objects, and/or actions that are expressions of human culture.
Students must understand the complex nature of social structures and/or human relationships that involve issues of inequality and difference.
Students must explore ecological, policy, social, cultural, and/or historical dimensions of human relationship to the environment.