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Courses

WOST 20003 - Introduction to Women's Studies: Sex, Gender and the Disciplines

This course will serve as an interdisciplinary introduction to Women's Studies, focusing on major issues, theories, and selected disciplinary applications, for which the idea of gender will provide the unifying theme. Lectures, discussions, and assignments will encourage students to recover and understand the lived experiences of women by studying concepts of gender difference. Readings will facilitate discussion and understanding of differences in age, class, sexual diversity, race, and ethnicity.

*Offered every semester

 

WOST 30973 - Special Topics in Gender and Women's Studies

Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Directed study in gender and women's studies. Topic, method, and theme will vary from semester to semester.

 

WOST 30990 - International Residential Study

This course represents credit earned through a semester study abroad experience with an institution or program with which Texas Christian University has an official agreement to accept credit. The site and specific content will be identified on the official transcript. Courses appearing on a student's official transcript have been included in the student's grade point average.

 

WOST 40003 - Senior Seminar in Women Studies

This is the capstone course for the Women's Studies Minor, and includes classic readings in feminist theory and an independent project. The student pursues the independent project with the guidance usually of one of the faculty members associated with the Women's Studies Program. Other faculty members may participate as approved. These projects can include either 1) a practicum with goals, progress and final reports, or 2) a theory and research project to be agreed to by the faculty member and student.

*Only offered once an academic year

 

WOST 49003 - Internship in Women's Studies

Internships (usually local in Tarrant County) arranged with the consent of the Director of the Women's Studies Program for declared minors, taken on a strictly Pass/No Credit basis. (3 semester hours).

*Offered every semester

Related Links

 

TCU Women's Network blog

 

Feministing.com

 

Third Wave Foundation

 

Artemis Guide

 

Nat Organization for Women/Girls in Education

 

American Association of University Women

 

National Organization for Women

 

Contacts

Director of Women's Studies
Laura Prestwood
DEMT 116
P. (817) 257-6326
F. (817) 257-6330      
E. l.prestwood@tcu.edu

 

Women's Studies
2800 South University Drive
TCU Box 297016
Fort Worth, TX 76129

   

 

 

Women's Studies

DEMT 116

(817) 257-6326

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