Women’s Studies Minor

Coordinator, Dr. Emily K. Filardo

Hutchinson Hall, J-330P, (908) 737-4020 and

Hutchinson Hall, J-334B

The Women’s Studies Program offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of women and of gender issues. Courses reflect new scholarship on women’s lives, their contribution to literature, art and society, their changing roles, and the diversity of their experiences as shaped by issues of gender, race, class, and ethnicity.

Most of the courses are cross-listed in other disciplines such as Art History, Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Health and Physical Education, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Public Administration, and Sociology. As such, almost all of the Women’s Studies courses also count toward the fulfillment of other minor, major, and general education requirements. This allows students to concurrently pursue both their major degree and the interdisciplinary Minor in Women’s Studies.

Total 21

Required Course 3

ID 1300

INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES

The required Introduction to Women’s Studies class may be taken at any time, but taking it early in the sequence is strongly advised. This class must be completed at Kean University. A comparable course taken at another institution may be accepted as an alternative only with permission of the Women’s Studies Coordinator

Electives 18

Take 3 Women’s Studies-approved classes, one from each of any three different departments/disciplines/programs, totaling 9 credits.

And take 3 Women’s Studies-approved classes from any departments/disciplines/programs, totaling 9 credits.

Half of the 18 credits of electives must be completed at Kean University.

Only courses in which a student has earned a grade of C or better will count towards the Women’s Studies Minor.

In addition to the courses listed below, other courses may count towards the Women’s Studies Minor, with the approval of the Women’s Studies Minor coordinator.

Art History

AH 3725

WOMEN IN THE VISUAL ARTS

Communication

COMM 3630

GENDER LANGUAGE &COMMUNICATION

Criminal Justice

English

ENG 3200	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SURVEY	3
ENG 3205	LITERATURE OF THE EAST	3
ENG 3232	SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN AND LITERATURE	3
ENG 3260	AFRICAN LITERATURE SURVEY	3
ENG 3700	AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS	3
ENG 3716	BRITISH WOMEN WRITERS-WE	3
ENG 3725	ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE	3
ENG 4301	CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS IN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION	3
ENG 4350	CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE	3
ENG 4414	JANE AUSTEN: OUR CONTEMPORARY	3
ENG 4419	EDITH WHARTON	3
ENG 4462	EMILY DICKINSON	3

Health and Physical Education

HED 3160	HEALTH PERSPECTIVES IN WOMEN	3
HED 3400	HUMAN SEXUALITY	3
HED 3460	WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH	3
PED1062	SELF DEFENSE FOR WOMEN	1
PED4830	WOMEN IN SPORT	3

History

HIST 3335	WOMEN IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION	3
HIST 3336	WOMEN IN THE MODERN AGE	3
HIST 3843	SEX IN HISTORY	3
HIST 3845	WITCHCRAFT IN THE WESTERN TRADITION	3
HIST 4840	WOMEN IN HISTORY	3
HIST 4842	THE ASIAN WOMAN	3
ID4010	INDEPENDENT STUDY:FIELD EXPERIENCE IN WOMEN'S STUDIES	4

ID 4010: Permission of instructor and of Women’s Studies Minor coordinator Required.

Philosophy

PHIL 2301	FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES	3
PHIL 3310	BUSINESS ETHICS	3

Psychology

PSY 2630	PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREJUDICE & RACISM	3
PSY 2640	MARRIAGE AND FAMILY	3
PSY 3200	PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS	3
PSY 3340	PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN	3
PSY 3341	PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN - SL	1

PSY 3341: Permission of instructor and of Women’s Studies Minor coordinator Required.

Public Administration

PA 3411

CRITICAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT ADMINISTRATION I

PA 3411: By advisement only

Sociology

SOC 2000	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL JUSTICE	3
SOC 2100	SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY	3
SOC2308	THE FEMALE WORLD	3
SOC 3061	CHINA: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH	3
SOC 3420	ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY	3
SOC 4301	GENDER AND SOCIETY	3