Women’s Studies (GPS)

Term One

• ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS 2000 - Approaches to Women’s Studies Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 1010 - Beginning Language I* Credit Hour(s): 3
• SCI Course - Wright State Science Course Credit Hour(s): 4
• MTH 1450 - Mathematics and the Modern World Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Two

• CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 1010 - Beginning Language II* Credit Hour(s): 3
• Sci Course - Wright State Science Course Credit Hour(s): 4
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Three

• WMS 4000 - Women in International Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS 4500 - Feminist Thought Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 2010 - Intermediate Language I* Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Four

• WMS 3000 - Women in Multicultural Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS Course - Women’s Studies International Perspective Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 2020 - Intermediate Language II* Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Five

• QT Course - Qualitative or Quantitative Thinking Course** Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS Elective - Women’s Studies Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• UL Elective - Upper-Level Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 4

Term Six

• QT Course - Qualitative or Quantitative Thinking Course** Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS Course - Women’s Studies Feminist Theory Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS Course - Women’s Studies History Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• UL Elective - Upper-Level Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 4

Term Seven

• LIT Course - Women’s Studies Literature Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WMS Course - Women’s Studies Multicultural Perspective Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• UL Elective - Upper-Level Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3

Term Eight

• WMS 4980 - Women’s Studies Field Experience Credit Hour(s): 3 or
• WMS 4990 - Independent Study Credit Hour(s): 1 to 3

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• WMS Course - Women’s Studies Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• UL Elective - Upper-Level Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3

Note(s):

*Languages include Arabic (ARA), American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese (CHI), French (FR), German (GER), Greek (GR), Italian (ITA), Japanese (JPN), Latin (LAT), Russian (RUS), and Spanish (SPN).

**Quantitative Thinking courses include COM 4490 , MUS 4140  (for Music majors only), PLS 2100 , SOC 3400 , SOC 3410 , SW 2910 , and URS 4980 ; Qualitative Thinking courses include PHL 2150 , PHL 2230 , PHL 4710 , and PHL 4720 .

Program Description

Women’s Studies (WMS) is an interdisciplinary program that places women in all their diversity at the center of inquiry and examines how gender influences our personal identities, cultural and artistic expressions, social arrangements, political and economic systems, and even our ways of knowing and understanding the world. The Bachelor of Arts program in Women’s Studies is organized around three major areas of inquiry: feminist thought, women in multicultural perspective, and women in international perspective. Through courses taught in these and other areas across many disciplines, as well as opportunities for internship experiences and/or independent research, students will gain 1) critical thinking and communication skills; 2) the ability to analyze multiple fields of difference related to gender, race, cultural identity, nationality, class, age, sexual orientation, and physical ability; 3) new ways of seeing and new standards for evaluating diverse women’s and men’s contributions to knowledge and society; 4) a more inclusive and transformative understanding of themselves and the world(s) in which they live; and 5) the opportunity to actively participate in social change.

The breadth and flexibility of the major enables students to choose among a variety of courses in many disciplines that suit their needs and interests as well as to tailor their course of study to develop a specialization within Women’s Studies. Because the Women’s Studies major is made up of courses that also count toward minors and majors in other disciplines, it also offers students the opportunity to pursue minors or dual majors in other fields to supplement and apply their training in Women’s Studies with fewer additional credits to complete.

Career Opportunities

For career information, please visit Wright State University Career Services:

http://www.wright.edu/careerservices

Campus Contact Information

Women’s Studies

149 Millett Hall
Phone: (937) 775-4818
E-mail: womens_studies@wright.edu

http://www.wright.edu/cola/Prog/wms/

Additional Comments

Academic success resources (math, writing, tutoring): http://www.wright.edu/uc/success/

Admissions: http://www.wright.edu/admissions/

Financial Aid: http://www.wright.edu/financialaid/

Transitional Advising WebPage (TAP): http://www.wright.edu/semesters-advising