WOMEN'S STUDIES (A.B.)
Semester Degree Requirements

Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum
(Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
    Areas A B C D E 42 hours
    Area F 18 hours
Major Requirements 60 hours
College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS      120
Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.
ENGL 1101 MATH 1101
ENGL 1102
Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.
Area C - Humanities/FineArts (6 hours)
Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.
Fine Arts
ARHI 2100 DANC 2010 DRAM 2130 MUSI 2060
ARTS 2000 DRAM 2000 MUSI 2020 MUSI 2080
ARTS 2050 DRAM 2120 MUSI 2040
Humanities
CLAS 1000 CMLT 2500 LING 2100 RELI(AFAM) 2005
CLAS 1010 EDES 2510 PHIL 1000 ROML 2550
CLAS 1020 EDES 2520 PHIL 1500 RUSS 2050
CLAS(LING) 2010 ENGL 2310 PHIL 2200 SPCM 1100
CMLT 2111 ENGL 2320 PHIL 2400 SPCM 1500
CMLT 2210 ENGL 2330 RELI 1001 Foreign language courses
CMLT 2212 ENGL 2340 RELI 1002  
CMLT 2220 ENGL 2400 RELI 1003  
CMLT 2400 ITAL 2500 RELI 2004  
Area D - Science, Mathematics and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES:STAT 2000 or STAT 2210

Area D for Non-Science Majors (including Sociology and Psychology) -- ten or eleven hours
  • Select one course from the four-hour science course list and one course from the three-hour science course list or select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
  • Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.
Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory
ASTR 1010 BTNY 1220L CHEM 2211 GEOL 1121L
ASTR 1010L CHEM 1110 CHEM 2211L GEOL 1122
ASTR 1020 CHEM 1110L CHEM 2212 GEOL 1122L
ASTR 1020L CHEM 1211 CHEM 2212L GEOL 1250-1250L
BIOL 1103 CHEM 1211L CSCI 1301-1301L GEOL 1260-1260L
BIOL 1103L CHEM 1212 ECOL 1000-1000L MARS 1010-1010L
BIOL 1104 CHEM 1212L GEOG 1111 MARS 1020-1020L
BIOL 1104L CHEM 1411 GEOG 1111L PHYS 1111-1111L
BIOL 1107-1107L CHEM 1411L GEOG 1112 PHYS 1112-1112L
BIOL 1108-1108L CHEM 1412 GEOG 1112L PHYS 1211-1211L
BTNY 1210 CHEM 1412L GEOG 1113 PHYS 1212-1212L
BTNY 1210L CHEM 2100 GEOG 1113L  
BTNY 1220 CHEM 2100L GEOL 1121  
 
Area D -- Three-hour science course with or without a laboratory
(Some of the following three-hour laboratory science courses have optional laboratories. See Area D four-hour science course list.)
ASTR 1010 ASTR 1870 BTNY 1220 GEOG 1125
ASTR 1020 BIOL 1103 GEOG 1111 GEOL 1121
ASTR 1420 BIOL 1104 GEOG 1112 GEOL 1122
ASTR 1660 BTNY 1210 GEOG 1113 PHYS 1010
     
Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses
BIOL 1108-1108L CSCI 1100-1100L MATH 2200 PHYS 1111-1111L
BTNY 1220 CSCI 1210 MATH 2200L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1220L CSCI 1301-1301L MATH 2210 STAT 2000
CHEM 1212 MATH 1060 MATH 2210L STAT 2210
CHEM 1212L MATH 1113 PHIL 2500
Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below:   (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

AAEC 2580 GEOG 1101 HIST 2302 PSYC 2100
AFAM 2000 GEOG 1103 HIST(AFST) 2501 SOCI 1101
ANTH 1102 GEOG 1125 HIST 2502 SOCI 1600
ANTH 2310 HIST 2051 HIST 2560 SOCI(AFAM) 2020
CLAS(ANTH) 2000 HIST(AFST) 2052 HIST 2601 SOCI(AFAM) 2820
ECON 2100 HIST 2111 HIST 2602 SPCM 1010
ECON 2105 HIST 2112 HIST 2701 WMST 1110-1110D
ECON 2106 HIST 2221 HIST 2702 WMST 2010
ECON 2200 HIST 2222 POLS 1101
EDES 1500 HIST 2301 PSYC 1101
Entrance Requirements
Completion of Core Areas A-E and Area F.
Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)
CSCI 1100-1100L or CSCI 1210 or WMST(CSCI) 2040-2040L
STAT 2000 or STAT 2210, unless taken in Area D
WMST 2010
Two courses from Area C
One course from Area E
Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.

A grade of "C" or better in each course is required. With the exception of  WMST courses, no more than two courses may be taken in the same department (or have the same prefix). No more than two WMST courses may be taken with the same instructor.
Required Courses - 9 hours
WMST 4010/6010
WMST 4011 (previously listed as WMST 3020)
WMST 4900

Major Electives - 18 hours
Choose four courses from the following three groups, with at least one course from each group:
Arts, Humanities and History Behavioral, Biological and Social Sciences WMST Topics
AFAM(DRAM) 4490/6490 CHFD 4620/6620 WMST 3250
ARHI 4940/6940 HPRB 3150 WMST 4020
CMLT 3140 JRLC 5400 WMST 4250/6250
CMLT 3220 LEGL 4500/6500 WMST 4250H
DRAM 4280/6280 LING(CMLT) 4870/6870
DRAM 5481/7481 PEDS 5250/7250
ENGL 3300 PSYC 4600/6600
ENGL 46901 RLST 5320/7320
ENGL 48702 SOCI 3280
ENGL(AFAM) 48803 SOCI 3290
HIST 3085 SOCI(AFAM) 3300
HIST(CLAS) 3321 SPCM 4370/6370
HIST 3323 WMST(CSCI) 2040-2040L
HIST 3324 WMST 3100
HIST 3332 WMST 3110
HIST 4000/60004 WMST 4050/6050
HIST 4080/6080 WMST 4120/6120
HIST 4600/66005 WMST 4130/6130
LING(CMLT) 4870/6870
MUSI 4250/6250
PHIL 3210
POLS 4780H6
POLS 47907
RELI 4105/6105
RELI 4106/6106
WMST 3500

Choose two additional courses from the above lists and/or from the following: (I) a directed studies course (WMST 4950, WMST 4960H, WMST 4970H, WMST 4980H); (II) an Honors thesis (WMST 4990H); (III) an internship (WMST 5000); (IV) a study abroad program course(s).

General Electives - 33 hours
(Refer to College-wide requirements when selecting general electives.)
Upper division (12 hours)
Any level (21 hours)

1ENGL 4690 - Topics in Twentieth-Century British Literature is allowed only when the topic is "Virginia Woolf"; other relevant topics may be petitioned to WMST.

2ENGL 4870 - Folklore Studies is allowed only when topic is "Women in Folklore."

3ENGL(AFAM) 4880 - Topics in African American Literature is allowed only when the topic is "African Diasporic Women Representing Slavery"; other relevant topics may be petitioned to WMST.

4HIST 4000/6000 - Studies in American History is allowed only when the topic is "History of Women in the American South"; other relevant topics may be petitioned to WMST.

5HIST 4600/6600 - Studies in Asian History is allowed only when the topic is "Women, Gender, and Family in Traditional Japan"; other relevant topics may be petitioned to WMST.

6POLS 4780H - Topics in American Politics is allowed only when the topic is Gender, Law and Politics.

7POLS 4790 - Topics in American Politics is allowed only when the topic is Gender, Law and Politics.


Total hours required     120