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2008–2010 Undergraduate Catalog

OTHER PROGRAMS IN COLFA

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women’s Studies
• Minor in Film Studies
• Human Neuroscience (HNSC) Course Descriptions

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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women’s Studies

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s Studies must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications	English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours) All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement: WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section on the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Natural Sciences	Science (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts	Literature (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. The Arts (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences	United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours) Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Political Science (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Social and Behavioral Science (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Economics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
World Society and Issues	(3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Degree Requirements

1. 18 semester credit hours:
   
   
   1. 12 semester credit hours of required courses (course descriptions for WS 2013, WS 4623, and WS 4933 are listed on  pages 316–317 in the Department of History section): 
              
      

      WS 2013	Introduction to Women’s Studies
      WS 3613	Feminist Research Methodologies
      WS 4623	Feminist Theories
      WS 4933	Internship in Women’s Studies

      
      
   2. 3 semester credit hours selected from the Globalization and Borderlands group below
      
      
   3. 3 semester credit hours selected from the Culture and Society group below
2. 24 semester credit hours selected from at least two of the following groups:
   
   Theory and Methods
   

   ENG 4393	Feminist Theory of Literature
   POL 3163	Introduction to Feminist Theory
   WS 3713	Special Topics in Women’s Studies
   WS 4853	Special Topics in Women Writers

          
   Globalization and Borderlands
   

   BBL 2023	Latino Cultural Expressions
   GRG 3653	Geographic Perspectives on Women
   HIS 3133	Themes in the Social History of the United States
   WS 4863	Feminism and Globalization

          
   Culture and Society
   

   AMS 3443	Studies in Gender and Sexuality
   ANT 3103	Social Organization
   ANT 3603	Sex, Gender, and Culture
   BBL 3023	Mexican American Culture
   BBL 3043	Social Psychological Considerations in Mexican American Communities
   BIO 2003	Biology of Human Reproduction
   CRJ 4463	Gender and Crime
   CRJ 4853	Sex Crimes and the Law
   ENG 3133	Women and Literature
   HIS 3043	History of Women in the United States: Pre-Columbus to 1890
   HIS 3053	History of Women in the United States: Since 1890
   HIS 3963	Women and Gender in India
   HTH 3023	Survey of Human Sexuality
   IDS 2113	Society and Social Issues
   LNG 3843	Gender Issues in Language
   MAS 2013	Introduction to Chicano(a) Studies
   POL  3183	Women in Politics
   PSY 3303	Psychological Perspectives on Gender
   PSY 4193	Relationships
   SOC 3163	Families in Society
   SOC 3263	Latinas in U.S. Society
   SOC 3283	Poverty
   SOC 3293	Gender Roles
   SOC 3413	Sociology of the Mexican American Community
   SOC 3513	Children and Society
   WS 4913	Independent Study in Women’s Studies (see page 317 for course description)

       
3. 36 semester credit hours of electives, 6 hours of which must be at the upper-division level

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