General Catalog - John F. Kennedy University

School of Education and Liberal ArtsWomen’s StudiesThe Women’s Studies track is designed to educate students aboutissues and ideas central to understanding women’s lives. Thecurriculum exposes students to theories and practices that givevoice to a wide range of women’s life experiences often overlookedwithin conventional studies and mainstream culture. Utilizingmulticultural perspectives, courses address both commonalitiesand significant differences between women. Students have anopportunity to explore issues vital to women’s well-being andempowerment including the newest developments in feministtheory and practice that offer frameworks for understandingand transforming the conditions of women’s lives. Course topicsrange from gender, sexuality, psychology, and health to language,culture, spirit, and social change.School of Educationand Liberal ArtsCourses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-Requisite(s)Select SIX UNITS of the following 6SEC 3116 Gender Talk (3) —SEC 4000 Women’s Lives and Social Transformation (1–3) —SEC 4010 Feminist Mosaics (3) —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Select SIX UNITS of the following 6PHR 4440 The Goddess Religion (2)PHR 3405 or the equivalentPYC 4225 Psychology of Women (3) —SCI 4310 Gender and Technology (1) —SCI 4312 Women and Integral Health (3) —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Total units required 12_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________38 School of Education and Liberal ArtsJohn F. Kennedy University