| Women's Studies Minor | Course Offerings |

Women’s Studies is an academic area arising from a recognition of the need systematically and explicitly to incorporate women’s contributions, women’s experiences, and feminist theory into the liberal arts.

The goals of Women’s Studies at Notre Dame College are to appreciate the history and the achievements of women, to explore issues flowing from social construct of gender, to awaken women and men to reflect on their own sense of self and on interrelationships, and to prepare persons of competence and compassion for a more just and equitable society.

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WOMEN’S STUDIES MINOR

15 Credits
Requirements:
WS 301/HI 301 History and Themes of the Women’s Movement

12 credits from the following:
AR 313 Women Artists
EN 381 Women Playwrights
EN 382 Women Writers
PY 301 Psychology of Gender Differences
SO 320 Marriage and the Family
PH 340 Philosophical Perspectives on Woman

Other courses designated as electives for the Women’s Studies minor may be offered as selected topics or seminars and will be announced in a timely fashion.

Students interested in a Women’s Studies minor are encouraged to choose elective courses which complement their major fields of study and to discuss course selection with their academic advisor and with the director of the Women’s Studies Program.

COURSE OFFERINGS

WS 301/HI 301 History and Themes of the Women’s Movement 3 cr.
A course aimed at exploring how women have shaped and are shaping their own lives and the world. It begins with a discussion of how gender expectations and roles are constructed by a society, and how these affect all women and men in that society. Studies then consider the roles of women and men in Western culture from Paleolithic times to the present.

The course includes other themes and issues relevant to students and to significant current events. Teaching is marked by collaboration, a key element in feminist methodology. This course is open to all students, not only those pursuing the Women’s Studies minor. It is not a prerequisite for the minor but it is required to complete the minor.

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