Are you intrigued by the changes in women’s roles in society and the many ways in which gender affects one’s life? If so, the Women’s Studies minor offered at 365英国上市杜波依斯分校 may be for you. Women’s Studies 探索s women-centered issues in every area of modern life. 通过研究感知, 贡献, 以及女性的经历, students learn about women’s lives throughout history and across cultures.
增加你的职业机会
Through a variety of course work and interaction with instructors and fellow students, Women’s Studies students develop their critical and analytical thinking skills and their ability to understand and articulate alternative views. All these skills enhance career opportunities and give students an important competitive edge in their professional lives. Former students enrolled in the Penn State minor are currently employed as legal advocates, 记者, 公共关系专家, 经理, 非营利组织管理, 老师, medical professionals and political staffers. Career opportunities also exist in such organizations as women’s centers, agencies for women returning to the workplace or school, 虐待或性侵幸存者中心, as well as in more traditional professions in 业务 and industry.
The minor also provides excellent preparation for students who plan to attend graduate and professional schools.
项目要求
The 18-credit minor enriches study in many majors. Students in the minor come from a variety of academic backgrounds, 包括文科, 业务, 人类发展, 教育, 科学, 和工程.
Requirements for the minor include the following courses:
For a list of approved courses, see your advisor. Click here for a list of approved courses: http://www.womenstudies.事业单位.edu/undergraduate/Minor_requirements.shtml&…;
WMNST 001: Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)
WMNST 301: Introduction to Feminist Thought (3 credits)
Additional elective courses (12 credits)*
其中必须包括:
One 3-credit course from approved Humanities courses.
One 3-credit course from approved Social Sciences courses.
两门400级的3学分课程.
And one of the courses must be designated either a Nonwestern Women (NWW) course or a Women of Color (WOC) course.
*For a list of approved courses, contact your academic advisor
妇女研究课程说明
完成杜波依斯的辅修课程
Students may complete the Women’s Study minor at 365英国上市杜波依斯分校. Courses that meet the requirements of the minor include:
WMNST 001: Introduction to Women’s Studies
An historical study of women’s roles and 经历 in the United States since 1700. Topics include: equal rights, suffrage, gender roles, and women in leadership. Biographies of American women are also discussed.
WMNST 194:女性作家
Examines how women writers have portrayed both women and men in the 19th and 20th century novel in Great Britain and the Americas. 学生读小说, short fiction and essays and discuss issues of interest to women writers and women in general as seen through the fiction.
WMNST 301: Introduction to Feminist Thought
An examination of feminist thinking and theory throughout the three waves of American feminism. Students become familiar with important feminist thinkers and major feminist issues past and present.
WMNST 420: Women in Developing Countries
妇女工作分析, 经历, and development policies and practices in Africa, 亚洲, 和拉丁美洲. This course also meets the Nonwestern Women (NWW) requirement for the minor.
WMNST 462: Reading Black, Reading Feminist
Provides two important learning opportunities for undergraduate students. The first is to examine the construction of female identity in the textual representations of gender, class, color, and cultural differences by black American women. 二是识别, 探索, and analyze the major issues concerning the discovery and development of a black feminist literary tradition.
交际中的性别角色
Strives to ensure that students understand female and male differences and similarities in communication patterns, 对异性的看法, and expectations and stereotypes regarding the opposite sex.
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妇女研究学院
Penn State is recognized for its award-winning faculty, and the 杜波依斯 campus is no exception. 在这里, students learn from faculty with rich and diverse backgrounds who bring years of experience to the classroom.
教师 who teach some of the courses in the Women’s Studies minor include:
Ms. Jackie Atkins, Senior Instructor in English and Women’s Studies
Dr. Mary Mino, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Ms. Keely Roen, Instructor in Wildlife Technology
联系信息
Enrollment in the Women Studies minor is open to men and women. To find out how you can enroll, call the campus 招生 office at 1-800-346-ROAR or Ms. Jackie Atkins, program leader, at (814) 375-4815 or (电子邮件保护)