Women’s Studies

www.unca.edu/womensstudies

Women’s Studies at UNC Asheville seeks to understand the diversity of women’s experiences through an interdisciplinary program of teaching, service and research. Women’s Studies courses and electives explore the experiences of women and investigate the complex phenomenon of gender. Courses promote student investigation of women’s diverse experiences from the perspective of the various social sciences, sciences and humanities. Emerging from an activist tradition, Women’s Studies seeks to provide resources to the university and the broader community by providing an ongoing array of co-curricular activities for students and community members.

The program acts as a resource and guide on issues relating to women through community activism and service. By encouraging faculty and student research in the field of Women’s Studies, faculty seek to re-examine existing knowledge and create new knowledge by using interdisciplinary techniques and by being wholly cognizant of the interaction of gender and diversity.

Women’s Studies courses offer an interdisciplinary exploration of the experiences of women and perspectives on women. Courses investigate the role of women in society and culture and the phenomenon of gender in psychological, biological, literary and humanistic terms.

Major in Women’s Studies

• Required courses for the major: 12 hours, including WMST 100, 365, 400, 451.
• Required courses outside the major: 24 additional hours from the courses listed below, distributed as follows: 9 hours of Social Science/Natural Science courses;
• 9 hours of Humanities courses; 6 hours of Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class courses. Special topics courses may be substituted with approval of the program director.
• Demonstration of competency in the major and demonstration of oral competency are fulfilled through a service project or a research project with results presented orally in WMST 400. Computer competency is met through successful completion of WMST 400.

Minor in Women’s Studies

The Women’s Studies minor at UNC Asheville allows students to supplement existing UNC Asheville majors. Women’s Studies courses offer an interdisciplinary exploration of the experiences of women and perspectives on women. Courses investigate the role of women in society and culture and the phenomenon of gender in psychological, biological, literary and humanistic terms.

Requirements

18 hours distributed as follows: WMST 100, 400; either WMST 365 or 451; 9 additional hours from the courses listed below, distributed as follows: 3 hours of Social Science/Natural Science courses; 3 hours of Humanities courses; 3 hours of Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class courses. Special topics or other courses may be substituted with approval of the program director.

Social Sciences/Natural Sciences

• ECON 330 Women, Men and Work (3)
• HWP 154 Women’s Health (3)
• POLS 348 Women and Politics (3)
• PSYC 333 Psychology of Women (3)
• PSYC 368 Psychology of Close Relationships (3)
• SOC 359 Women of Color and Feminism (3)

Humanities

• CLAS 350 Women in Antiquity (3)
• HIST 301 Women in United States History: 1890s to the Present (3)
• HIST 354 European Women: Antiquity to 1700 (3)
• HIST 355 European Women: 1700 to the Present (3)
• HIST 383 Women in China (3)
• LIT 359 Major Women Writers (3)
• MCOM 364 19th Century Newspaper Women (3)
• PHIL 302 Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3)

Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class

• ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 361 Writing Gender (3)
• POLS 330 Individual Rights and Civil Liberties (3)
• POLS 331 Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3)
• POLS 353 Politics and Social Welfare Policy (3)
• POLS 388 Human Rights and International Politics (3)
• SOC 240 Evolution, Revolution and Social Change (3)
• SOC 312 Society, Culture, and Poverty (3)
• SOC 365 Violence in America (3)
• SOC 390 Queer Sociology (3)
• SOC 420 Difference and Inequality (3)

More Information

Women’s Studies Program
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UNC Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804-8505
828.251.6419