Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Women’s and Gender Studies, A.A.


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Degree/Certificate Programs

The women’s and gender studies program is an interdisciplinary community of faculty committed to a transformative analysis of gender as it intersects class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, age, nationality, and transnationality. The program provides an academic forum for the study of these intersections within historical, economic, political, social, and cultural contexts.

The women’s and gender studies program seeks to balance theory and activism, the personal and the political, the local and the global, and the classroom and the community. The program specifically emphasizes:

  1. Providing students with the theoretical and methodological tools to analyze gender within their chosen disciplines.
  2. Providing a learner-centered education in which critical thinking, student involvement, and personal insight are encouraged and made relevant to the learning process.
  3. Empowering students to critically and creatively apply an analysis of gender to their personal, family, educational, professional, and civic roles.
  4. Providing innovative and collaborative study, teaching, and service that promote new knowledge and socially responsible interactions with the world.

The women’s and gender studies program is inclusive and welcomes students from all academic disciplines.

We invite you to consider a major or minor in gender studies.

The career and/or academic opportunities for gender studies graduates are rich and diverse. Graduates may work in the following fields:

  • Advocacy of all kinds
  • Communication
  • Employment and training
  • Support service for survivors of violence and abuse
  • Politics
  • Social Research in a wide variety of fields
  • Reproductive rights and health
  • Law enforcement and policy
  • Administration or management

Graduates may also choose to complete their bachelor’s degree gender studies and continue on to graduate school. Graduates may attain graduate degrees in academic fields such as anthropology, art, communication, economics, education, government, history, humanities, international relations, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Recommended Curriculum


General Education (Minimum 32 credits)


General education coursework can be completed from within or outside of the major field of study.

1. Exploration and Participation


3. Relationship with the World


  • Human Behavior  (3CR)
  • U.S. and Wyoming constitutions (3CR)
  • World language (8CR)

4. General Education Electives


  • Must be chosen from areas 1, 2, or 3 above.

5. Physical Education (1CR)


Note:


The normal length of this program is two academic years at 15-17 credit hours per semester.

Graduation Requirements:


A minimum of 64 approved semester credits are required for graduation. For specific graduation requirements see “Academic Policies ” and “Degree Requirements .”

Only courses numbered 1000 or above can be used toward the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Business, Associate of Fine Arts, and Associate of Applied Science degrees.

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Degree/Certificate Programs