WMST 300 - Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies Credits: 3

Capstone seminar for students enrolled in the Women’s and Gender Studies Minor. This course will explore women’s and gender issues worldwide, with topics that may include workplace and family, reproductive rights, sexuality and gender identities, international human rights, economic development, globalization, and more. We will focus on two interconnected strands, feminist activism and feminist theory, paying special attention to the ways that the practice of feminism informs theory, and vice versa. Extensive research, writing, discussion, and in-class presentations are required.

Prerequisite(s): (WMST 100 or HONR 102 ) and 6 elective hours in Women’s and Gender Studies) or permission of instructor.