The major requires twenty-four (24) credit hours taken in Women's Studies courses or departmental courses crosslisted with the Department of Women’s Studies and distributed as follows:
I. Intellectual and Theoretical Foundations:  12 credits
 (OLD NUMBERS APPEAR ON THE RIGHT)
1. WMST 101 (50) or its equivalent - Introduction to Women's Studies
2. WMST 102 (52) – Intro to Feminist Thought
3. WMST 695 (99) - Senior Capstone Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry
4. One course in Minority/Third World/Non-Western Women
WMST 261/AFRI 261 WMST 61/AFRI 61
WMST 266/AFAM 266 WMST 65/AFAM 66
WMST 368 WMST 68
WMST 280/HIST 280 WMST 80/HIST 80
WMST 281/INTS 281 WMST 81/INTS 81
WMST 381/ASIA 381 WMST 82/ASIA 81
WMST 384/JAPN 384 WMST 84/JAPN 84
WMST 285/AFAM 285 WMST 85/AFAM 85
WMST 388/INTS 388 WMST 88/INTS 88
WMST 293 WMST 93
WMST 410/INTS 410; WMST 102/INTS 102
WMST 430/AFAM 430 WMST 130/AFAM 130
WMST 440/ANTH 440 WMST 140/ANTH 140
WMST 662/PLAN 662 WMST 142/PLAN 142
WMST 561/COMM 561 WMST 146/COMM 160
WMST 576/HIST 576 WMST 151A/HIST 151A
WMST 569/AFAM 569/HIST 569 WMST 169/AFAM 169/HIST 169
WMST 537/HIST 537 WMST 195A/HIST 195A

The following WMST courses bearing temporary numbers can be used to fulfill this requirement: WMST 89 (FYS), WMST 290 (Special Topics), and WMST 890 (Graduate Special Topics)

II. Interdisciplinary Perspectives:  9 credits credits chosen from the full list of WMST core and cross-listed courses (including any course listed in #4 above that has not been used to fill that requirement). The courses selected as Interdisciplinary Perspectives should be distributed among at least two of the following:

1. Historical Studies
2. Basic & Applied Sciences
3. Humanities & Fine Arts
4. Social Sciences

Historical Studies: AFRI 261 (61), AFRI 262 (62), CLAS 242 (42), CLAS 245 (45), CLAS 240 (51), WMST 237, WMST 253 (53), WMST 289 and any crosslisted History course

Basic & Applied Sciences: MHCH 603 (103) and HBHE 563 (160)

Fine Arts & Humanities: WMST 064, WMST 066, WMST 101 (050), WMST 264 (060), WMST275 (46), WMST 363 (90B), WMST 294 (94A), WMST 297 (97), WMST 231 (131), WMST 350, WMST 352, WMST 436 (137), WMST 656 (143), CLAS 269 (69) and crosslisted courses from Art, Asian Studies, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Drama, English, French, German, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Slavic Languages, and Spanish

Social Sciences: WMST 51 (006E), WMST 111, WMST 265 (67), WMST 368 (68), WMST 278 (78), WMST 285 (85), WMST 388 (88), WMST 281 (81), WMST 293 93), WMST 410 (102), WMST 436 (136), WMST 553 (153), WMST 458 (158), WMST 477 (164), WMST 610 and crosslisted courses from African/Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, City & Regional Planning, Economics, Folklore, International Studies, Leisure Studies, Exercise Sport Science, Geography, Journalism and Mass Communication, Linguistics, Political Science, and Sociology

III. Theory and Practice of Women's Studies: 3 credits selected from the following:
1) Practicum/Internship WMST 391 (WMST 190)
2) Independent Reading & Research WMST 396 (WMST 199)
3) Honors Thesis WMST 695H (WMST 099H) and WMST 691 (WMST 98)

Please Note: Courses not crosslisted with Women's Studies must be approved by the Chair of the Curriculum to count toward major requirements.

For students who are double majoring, courses that can be used for both a major in an interdisciplinary curriculum and a major in a single department may be double-counted with the following general limitation: More that half (not merely half) of the courses taken in each major must be exclusive to that major and not double-counted. (See Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 49).

A DEPARTMENT COURSE LISTING of all Women's Studies and cross listed courses is available from the Women's Studies Office, Second Floor, Smith Building (962-3908) and on our website at www.unc.edu/depts/wmst. 
 

MINOR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

        A minor in Women's Studies enables students who major in another area to develop an expertise in the interdisciplinary study of women and gender.  A minor consists of five (5) courses or 15 credits in Women's Studies and cross-listed coursework. For details see: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wmst/undergradminor.html

 

HONORS
         An Honors degree in Women's Studies is available to majors who meet the departmental guidelines for honors and who successfully complete a thesis based upon original and independent research. Students wishing to do Honors in WMST must take the Senior Capsotne Seminar, WMST 695H (WMST 099H), in the fall semester of their senior year followed by WMST 691 (WMST 98) in the spring.

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