2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

172 WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIESyear of study. Prerequisites: senior status and consent.Offered each semester.485 Theatre Internship (3-6)Provides upper-level students the opportunity to receiveinstruction and to gain experience in off-campus,professional theatre settings. Internships are arranged withqualified professionals at area Equity houses (Virginia StageCompany, Virginia Opera Association), dinner theatre, andcity recreation departments. Students have a minimum often contact hours per week with supervisors and conferregularly with a VWC faculty member. Students receiveevaluations from supervisors and keep a journal of theinternship experience. Prerequisites: junior/senior statusand consent. Offered each semester.WOMEN’S ANDGENDER STUDIESDR. KATHY S. STOLLEY, Program CoordinatorWomen’s and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinaryacademic discipline. A women’s and gender studies majorand minor present students with diverse perspectives forunderstanding and interpreting the historical andcontemporary experiences of women and men in theUnited States and throughout the world. Students willbecome familiar with numerous feminist and gendertheories and utilize them in understanding andcontextualizing past, current, and future culturalinteraction. While illuminating the impact of gender indaily life, the multiple, diverse perspectives encompassed bywomen’s and gender studies courses prepare students for themulti-faceted, complex viewpoints they will encounter ingraduate study and the workplace.Major Requirements:COURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.WGS 220Women in Culture and Society 3(Formerly INST 220)WGS 320Feminist and Gender Theory3WGS 430Women’s and Gender Studies Seminar 3(Formerly INST 430)DIVISIONAL REQUIREMENTSNatural Science/MathematicsOne of the following:BIO 115Human GeneticsBIO 221Anatomy and Physiology I3-4BIO 311GeneticsBIO 410EvolutionHumanitiesOne of the following:ENG 250Studies in Literature: Masculinity/Femininity in Literature3(Only when stated topic)ENG 265Love, Sex, & Marriage in Western LiteratureTH 375Images of Women in Theatre & FilmSocial SciencesHHS 361 3Contemporary Issues in Human SexualityPOLS 2043Introduction to Feminist Political ThoughtTwo of the following:CLAS 350Women in the Ancient WorldHIST 351U.S. Women’s History to 1865HIST 352 6U.S. Women’s History Since 1865HIST 353History of Women in Europe Since 1700HIST 426Heresy and WitchcraftELECTIVESThree of the following:*(One at the 300/400 level is required.)ENG 261/361American Women WritersENG 318Adolescent LiteratureENG 346Shakespeare IENG 385American Protest LiteratureHHS 402Women on the BrinkREC 268Women and LeisurePSY 337Advanced Developmental PsychologySee continuation of choices next page9