6 courses with the subject SWS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SWS 100Intro Gender and Women’s Studies (Gender and Women’s Studies)3
Credit(s) An overview of issues related to the study of gender and the academic approaches to that study. The course explores cultural ideas and beliefs about femininity and masculinity as well as the social construction of gender in the United States culture.
SWS 200Topics in Gender & Women’s Studies (Gender and Women’s Studies)
Variable Credit(s) Exploration of a single current issue from varying perspectives. Guest lecturers from various disciplines. Topics have included women in art; women in the Holocaust; gender and communication.
SWS 300Theories in Gender&Women’s Studies (Gender and Women’s Studies)3
Credit(s) Philosophical approaches to women’s experiences. A capstone course to help students integrate their major with women’s studies work. Required of all minors.
SWS 400Integrating Gender&Women’s Studies (Gender and Women’s Studies)3
Credit(s) This is a supervised, independent fieldwork project, which culminates in a research product (paper, documentary, policy initiative, creative arts presentation, etc.). The capstone project, developed in conjunction with gender and women’s studies faculty, has a significant experiential component focusing on women’s lives and/or gender. Students (1) work in an established organization, (2) work with activists or policy makers on social change issues or social policy issues, or (3) design their own fieldwork experience.
At least 2 credits from SWS courses or 3 credits from approved minor offerings and permission of instructor and coordinator of gender and women’s studies program. Permission Required.
SWS 430Internship (Gender and Women’s Studies)
Variable (0 - 3) Credit(s) Supervised and evaluated work experience, with faculty consent.
