Major in Women's Studies
Women's studies is an interdisciplinary field of research and teaching that places gender at the center of inquiry. Central to the consideration of gender are the ways class, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, age, and ability shape the female and male experience.
Students learn how female and male social roles affect personal lives, artistic expression, work, social relationships, institutional structures, the production of knowledge, and national and international political and economic relations.
Students are encouraged to:
- Reevaluate assumptions.
- Analyze the structures and systems controlling and shaping the lives of people of all genders.
- Use knowledge in practical and meaningful ways.
Major Requirements
Women's Studies Degree Program (120 Hours)
The major requires a minimum of 33 credit hours which must include WOMEN ST 201, CES 201, WOMEN ST 300, and two of the following sub-core courses: WOMEN ST 332, WOMEN ST 369, WOMEN ST 406, WOMEN ST 481, or WOMEN ST 484.
First Year
First Term
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]..................................................................................3
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]..................................................................................3
WOMEN ST 201..........................................................................................3
Electives....................................................................................................3
Second Term
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI].................................4
CES 201....................................................................................................3
Humanities [HUM]......................................................................................3
Social Sciences [SSCI]..................................................................................3
WOMEN ST Elective (1)...............................................................................3
Second Year
First Term
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]...........................3
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]...................................................................3
WOMEN ST 300 [M]...................................................................................3
WOMEN ST Elective (1)...............................................................................4
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]............................................................3 or 4
Second Term
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS].............................................................3
Diversity [DIVR].........................................................................................3
WOMEN ST Sub-Core.................................................................................3
Electives...................................................................................................3
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First Term
300-400 level WOMEN ST Elective (1).........................................................3
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI]........................................................................................................3
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]...................................4
WOMEN ST Sub-Core.................................................................................3
Electives...................................................................................................3
Second Term
300-400 level CES Elective (1)..................................................................6
WOMEN ST Writing in the Major..................................................................3
300-400 level WOMEN ST Electives (1)......................................................6
Fourth Year
First Term
300-400 level CES Elective (1)..................................................................3
Electives..................................................................................................6
300-400 level WOMEN ST Elective (1).......................................................6
Second Term
300-400 level Electives...........................................................................9
Elective...................................................................................................3
Intergrative Capstone [CAPS].....................................................................3
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Note:
(1): Consult advisor and see Women’s Studies Website http://libarts.wsu.edu/ccgrs/undergraduate/wst-major.asp for elective courses requirements and list of WOMEN ST electives.
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Elective Courses for the Women’s Studies Major ( 18 cr.).
- Six elective courses are required for the Women’s Studies Major.
- Four upper division (300-400) electives are required.
- Four elective WOMEN ST courses are required; one CES elective course is required and up to two electives may be CES courses. Courses cross-listed between WOMEN ST and CES can count for either a WOMEN ST or CES elective.
- Sub-core course choices not counted toward the sub-core requirement can be used as electives.
- Electives can be cross-listed with other departments.
ELECTIVE CHOICES
CES 111 Intro to Asian Pacific American Studies
WST 120 Sex, Race, and Reproduction in Global Health
CES 131 Intro to Black Studies
CES 151 Intro to Chicano/a/Latino/a Studies
CES 171 Intro to Indigenous Studies
CES 209 Hip Hop around the Globe
WST 211 Diverse Sexualities and Cultural Production
CES 220 Introduction to Multicultural Literature
WST 220 Gender, Culture and Science
CES 240 Global Indigenous Issues
CES 244 Critical Globalizations
CES 254 Comparative Latino/a Cultures
CES 255 Chicana/o History
CES 260 Race and Racism in U.S. Popular Culture
CES 271 Native American Music of North America
CES 280 Race and the Law in American History
CES 301 Race and Global Inequality
CES 302/WST 305 Contemporary Masculinity and Men’s Issues
CES 308 Cultural Politics of Sports
WST 308 Women Artists I
WST 309 Women Writers
WST 310 Women Artists II
CES 313 Asian/Pacific American Literatures
CES 314 Topics in Asian/Pacific American Literatures
WST 317 Gay and Lesbian Literature
CES 325 Traveling Cultures: Tourism in Global Perspective
CES 331/ENGL 321 African American Literature
WST 332 Global Feminisms
CES 332 Topics in African American Literature
CES 335 Black Freedom Struggle
WST 336 History of Sexualities
CES 336 Black Popular Culture
CES 338 Cinematic Images of Blackness
WST 338 Women and Popular Culture
WST 340 Third World Women and Film
CES 353 Chicana/o – Latina/o Literature
CES 357 Chicana/os and Popular Culture
CES 358 U.S. Latino/as in Film
WST 363 Women and Music
WST/CES 369 Queer Identities in Contemporary Cultures
CES/WST 372 Indigenous Women in Traditional and Contemporary Societies
CES 373 Native American Literature
CES 379 Indigenous Film
CES 380 Immigration and Citizenship in the Global Economy
WST 403 Violence Toward Women
CES 405/ENGL 410 Cultural Criticism and Theory
CES 406 Philosophy and Race
WST 406 Women and Work in Global Contexts
CES 407 Race, Gender, and the Prison Industrial Complex
WST/CES 411 Asian Pacific American Women
CES 413 Asian Pacific Americans and Popular Culture
CES 426 Workers across North America
CES 440 Social Justice and American Culture
CES 444 White Power Movements and Ideologies
CES 446 Racism and Anti-Racism in Global Context
WST/CES 454 La Chicana in U.S. Society
WST 460 Gender, Race, and Nature in American Culture
WST 464 Gender and the Media
CES 465 Race, Science, and Society
CES 470 Indigenous Politics
AMST 475 Digital Diversity
WST 481 Theoretical Issues in Women's Studies
WST/SOC 484 Lesbian and Gay Studies
WST 485 Theoretical Issues in Lesbian & Gay Studies
CES 491 Theories of Racism and Ethnic Conflicts
Women's studies seeks to:
- Provide students with a systematic knowledge of the multidisciplinary scholarship about gender and by women and other gender minorities.
- Enhance the qualifications of students to work in today's diverse workplaces.
- Further university and societal goals of diversity and equity.
- Work for social and institutional change.