SUBSTITUTION COURSE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES: INVITING
STUDENTS TO TAKE YOUR COURSE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES CREDIT
- Faculty members who believe that they teach a course that students could
substitute for women's studies credit given that
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(a) the course has significant women's studies content (see course criteria
below), and
(b) the student can complete a major project/assignment on a women's studies
topic, may wish to indicate this substitution possibility on the course
syllabus. A statement such as the following is suggested.
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"Given the content of this course, and the required assignment(s),
students in the Women's Studies Concentration may wish to request taking this
course for women's studies credit (as well as for GE, cognate, minor, or major
credit). Such a request needs the instructor's signature and must be made
through the Women's Studies Committee."
Criteria for Women's Studies Courses:
- Women's Studies courses:
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(a) focus on women's experiences in history, society, and culture, and
examine their reactions to such experiences;
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(b) examine institutional structures/modes of authority/analyses of power,
especially considering their implications for women; and
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(c) incorporate one or more feminist analyses/scholarly work (recognizing
that there are multiple, and even conflicting feminist perspectives. |
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