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Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2008 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2008 [Archived Catalog]

Women’s Studies Minor


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Program: Minor
School of Arts and Sciences

Classroom-Medical Building 272 ~ 260-481-6711

Women’s studies is based on the premise that the study of women’s experiences, concerns, social roles, and creativity is essential to our knowledge of humankind and society. Feminist scholarship and theory provide the knowledge and analytical tools necessary for a gender-balanced perspective on our world, both past and present. The Women’s Studies Program affords you the opportunity to pursue feminist scholarship on women and gender through a variety of interdisciplinary courses.

See School of Arts and Sciences in Part 3 for further information.

If you are pursuing a major other than women’s studies, you may earn a minor in women’s studies by completing the following 15 credits with a grade of C or better in each course and earning at least 8 credits as resident credit at IPFW.

Program Requirements


  • Credits from cross-listed courses in humanities or visual arts Credits: 3
  • Credits from cross-listed courses offered in social science or natural science Credits: 3
  • Additional credits in cross-listed or WOST-prefixed courses Credits: 6

Total Credits: 15


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