Concentration in Women's Studies
Students must earn a "C" or better in each course taken to fulfill a concentration requirement.
Advisory Board:
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary field designed to provide an understanding of the complex ways in which gender and sexuality are defined in relation to society, culture, science and technology. The field of Women's Studies challenges and transforms traditional disciplines through new methods and theories generated by feminist scholarship. It offers students critical ways of thinking about how prevailing issues of gender and sexuality shape social, political, economic, and institutional structures as well as personal experiences and perceptions. At the same time, it offers diverse perspectives on women's issues in local, regional, and global contexts, self-critically presenting continuous challenges to Women's Studies itself. In this sense, Women's Studies promotes awareness of diversity among women through the integration of content and theory to reflect the racial, social, ethnic, sexual and other forms of diversity of women's experiences and practices. Hence Women's Studies is, by design, an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and critical project with both theoretical and practical goals. A student earning a concentration in Women's Studies may also qualify for a Certificate in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies from FAU.
Available Options: Concentration in Women's Studies; Minor Concentration in Women's Studies.
Concentration in Women's Studies
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WST 3015 | Honors Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| WST 4504 | Honors Feminist Theory | 3 |
| IDS 4970 | Honors Thesis (two semesters) | 6 |
| Gender and Feminism Electives | 18 | |
| Related Areas Electives | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 |
GENDER AND FEMINISM ELECTIVES
18 credits: Courses in this area relate directly to gender issues feminist approaches to Women's Studies and their interrelationship with race, class, and sexuality studies. At least 6 of the credits must be taken in the Honors College.
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SYD 4792 | Honors Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Science | 3 |
| SYP 4303 | Honors Sex Panics in History and Society | 3 |
| WST 4905 | Honors Directed Independent Study (Note: Only 3 DIS credits may be applied to the WST concentration) |
1-3 |
| WST 4930 | Honors Special Topics in Women's Studies (variable topic, may be repeated) | 3 |
| WST 4915 | Honors Directed Independent Research in Women Studies (Note: Only 3 DIR cr) | 1-3 |
| SYP 4803 | Honors Gender and Technology | 3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors Posthuman Studies | 3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors African Studies | 3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors Race, Gender, and Environmentalism | 3 |
| POS 4692 | Honors Women, the Workplace, and the Law | 3 |
| LIT 4383 | Honors Women in Literature | 3 |
| AML 4930 | Honors African American Women Writers | 3 |
| AML 4321 | Honors 20th Century American Authors | 3 |
| SYO 4100 | Honors Family and Society | 3 |
| SYD 4802 | Honors Queer Studies in Global Perspectives | 3 |
| PHI 2642 | Honors Ethics of Social Diversity | 3 |
| SOW 4357 | Issues in Counseling Women | 3 |
| ANT 4302 | Gender and Culture | 3 |
| SYP 3060 | Human Sexuality and Social Change | 3 |
| SYO 3534 | Poverty and Society | 3 |
| WST 3325 | Gender-based Violence and Social Movements | 3 |
| SYO 3370 | Gender and Work | 3 |
| SPC 4712 | Gender, Race and Communication | 3 |
| SOP 3742 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| AMH 3560 | History of US Women | 3 |
| CCJ 4670 | Women and Criminal Justice | 3 |
| COM 3014 | Communication, Gender, and Language | 3 |
| FIL 4056 | Women and Film | 3 |
| PHM 3123 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 |
| PUP 3323 | Women and Politics | 3 |
| WST 4337 | Sex, Violence and Hollywood | 3 |
| WST 2101 | Women, Gender and Power in the Global South | 3 |
| WST 2108 | Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Studies | 3 |
| WST 2643 | Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | 3 |
| WST 3305 | Sex, Myth, Power and Popular Culture | 3 |
| WST 2351 | Gender and Climate Change | 3 |
| WST 4349 | Green Consciousness | 3 |
| WST 4404 | Intersectional Feminist Politics in the US | 3 |
| WST 4614 | Gender and Sport | 3 |
| WST 4621 | Men and Masculinities | 3 |
| WST 4113 | Gender and Human Rights | 3 |
Related AreaS ELECTIVES
Electives in Related Area of Studies (6 credits): Courses in this area of electives need not be about Women's Studies or gender studies but reflect the interdisciplinary emphasis of the Honors College program by providing an important opportunity critically to understand the connections between Women's Studies and other fields of study.
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 2410 | Honors Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANT 3212 | Honors Peoples Around the World | 3 |
| SPW 4492 | Honors New Literature of the Spanish Caribbean | 3 |
| SOP 3004 | Honors Principles of Social Psychology | 3 |
| SYG 1000 | Honors Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SYG 1933 | Honors Freshman Seminar in Sociology | 3 |
| SYG 4905 | Honors Directed Independent Study in Sociology (Note: only 3 DIS cr) | 1-3 |
| SYG 4915 | Honors Directed Independent Research in Sociology (Not: only 3 DIR cr) | 1-3 |
| PHI 2361 | Honors Ways of Knowing | 3 |
| POS 4603 | Honors Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| POS 4604 | Honors Constitutional Law II | 3 |
| AMH 4932 | AMH 4932 | 3 |
| AMH 3630 | Honors American Environmental History | 3 |
| AMS 4332 | Honors Violence in the United States | 3 |
| CPO 4305 | Honors Religion and Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| PHI 3682 | Honors Environmental Philosophy | 3 |
| ECP 4302 | Honors Environmental Economics | 3 |
| IDH 3610 | Honors Law, Culture and Human Rights | 3 |
| AML 4603 | Honors African American Literature | 3 |
| AML 4640 | Honors Native American Literature | 3 |
| LIT 3213 | Honors Literary Theory | 3 |
| LIT 4434 | Honors Literature and the Environment | 3 |
| PHI 3670 | Honors Ethical Theory | 3 |
| CRW 3010 | Honors Creative Writing | 3 |
| ART 4854C | Honors The Body in Art | 3 |
| PPE 3003 | Honors Personality | 3 |
| DEP 4905 | Honors Personality and Social Development | 3 |
| GEA 3003 | Honors Geography of the Developing World | 3 |
| AML 4611 | Honors Afrofuturism | 3 |
| ISS 4304 | Honors Computational Social Science | 3 |
| EVR 2017 | Honors Environment and Society | 3 |
| EUH 3604 | Honors European Intellectual History I | 3 |
Minor Concentration in Women's Studies
Students must take at least 15 credits of coursework to obtain a minor concentration in Women's Studies. At least 9 of these credits must be at the upper level and at least 9 credits must be from the Honors College. Students must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average in coursework that counts toward the minor concentration. A student earning a minor in Women's Studies may also qualify for a Certificate in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies from FAU.
Minor Concentration Requirements
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WST 3015 | Honors Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| WST 4505 | Honors Feminist Theory | 3 |
| Nine credits from the electives list below | 9 | |
| Total Credits (minor concentration) | 15 |
Minor Concentration Electives
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SYD 4792 | Honors Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Science | 3 |
| AML 4321 | Honors 20th Century American Authors | 3 |
| AML 4930 | Honors African American Women Writers | 3 |
| SYP 4303 | Honors Sex Panics in History and Society | 3 |
| SYP 4803 | Honors Gender and Technology | 3 |
| SYD 4792 | Honors Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Science | 3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors Posthuman Studies | 3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors African Studies | 3 |
| SYP 4303 | Honors Sex Panics in History and Society | 3 |
| SYP 4803 | Honors Gender and Technology | 3 |
| WST 4915 | Honors Directed Independent Research in Women’s Studies (Note: Only 3 DIR cr) | 1-3 |
| IDS 4933 | Honors Race, Gender, and Environmentalism | 3 |
| POS 4692 | Honors Women, the Workplace, and the Law | 3 |
| WST 4905 | Honors Directed Independent Study (Note: Only 3 DIS credits may be applied to the WST concentration) |
1-3 |
| WST 4930 | Honors Special Topics in Women's Studies (variable topic, may be repeated) | 3 |
| LIT 4383 | Honors Women in Literature | 3 |
| SYO 4100 | Honors Family and Society | 3 |
| SYD 4802 | Honors Queer Studies in Global Perspectives | 3 |
| PHI 2642 | Honors Ethics of Social Diversity | 3 |
| SYO 3534 | Poverty and Society | 3 |
| WST 3325 | Gender-based Violence and Social Movements | 3 |
| SYO 3370 | Gender and Work | 3 |
| SPC 4712 | Gender, Race and Communication | 3 |
| SOP 3742 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| SYP 3060 | Human Sexuality and Social Change | 3 |
| SOW 4357 | Issues in Counseling Women | 3 |
| AMH 3560 | History of US Women | 3 |
| CCJ 4670 | Women and Criminal Justice | 3 |
| COM 3014 | Communication, Gender, and Language | 3 |
| FIL 4056 | Women and Film | 3 |
| PHM 3123 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 |
| PUP 3323 | Women and Politics | 3 |
| WST 4337 | Sex, Violence and Hollywood | 3 |
| WST 2101 | Women, Gender and Power in the Global South | 3 |
| WST 2108 | Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Studies | 3 |
| WST 2643 | Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | 3 |
| WST 3305 | Sex, Myth, Power and Popular Culture | 3 |
| WST 2351 | Gender and Climate Change | 3 |
| WST 4349 | Green Consciousness | 3 |
| WST 4404 | Intersectional Feminist Politics in the US | 3 |
| WST 4614 | Gender and Sport | 3 |
| WST 4621 | Men and Masculinities | 3 |
| WST 4113 | Gender and Human Rights | 3 |
| ANT 4302 | Gender and Culture | 3 |