Awards - Women's Studies

Women's Studies

Award: Certificate
Total Credits for Award: 18.00

Description:

MCTC's Women's Studies program will help you examine the world from the perspectives of ethnically diverse women and become an agent of positive change for women and their communities. MCTC’s Women’s Studies program explores women's realities in a wide variety of academic disciplines, including social sciences, biology, psychology, history, literature and the arts. Grounded in feminist thought and activism, Women’s Studies will help you understand how race, social class, age, ability, appearance, and sexual identity intersect to affect women's lives and societies as a whole. Women’s Studies courses affirm cultural diversity; widen understanding of the impact of social institutions; and empower students to become thinkers, leaders, and activists.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: FIRST SEMESTER: 

Required Course

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS
WOST 1101	Introduction to Women’s Studies	3.00
	TOTAL CREDITS:	3.00

Additional Courses:

The 15 remaining credits must be chosen from at least three of the following four MnTC Goal Areas and/or *electives areas:

MnTC Goal Area 3: Natural Sciences

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS
BIOL 1160	Biology of Women	3.00

 MnTC Goal Area 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS
HIST 2241	Women in Early America, 1500–1865	3.00
HIST 2242	Women in Modern America, 1865 to the Present	3.00
SOCI 1170	Women in a Global Perspective	3.00
WOST 1120	Introduction to Lesbian Cultures	3.00
WOST 2250	Women's Human Rights	3.00

MnTC Goal Area 6: Humanities and Fine Arts

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS
ENLT 1158	Women’s Literature	3.00
PHIL 2215	Feminist Philosophy	3.00
WOST 1140	Gender and Culture	3.00
WOST 2200	Female Divine	3.00
WOST 2211	Women’s Response to Violence	3.00
WOST 2212	Ecofeminism	3.00
WOST 2213	Women and Empowerment	3.00
WOST 2235	Women Poets of the World	3.00

 Additinal Women's Studies Electives: (*these courses do not carry an MnTC Goal Area)

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS
BUSN 1166	Women in Leadership and Management	3.00
PHED 1191	Self-Defense for Women	1.00

All students pursuing this award should work closely with their advisor to ensure proper selection of required program courses, if applicable program electives, required Minnesota Transfer Curriculum courses, and MnTC electives. You are expected to meet with your advisor on a regular basis to ensure courses are taken in an order that will lead to efficient and successful completion of the required coursework.