Liberal Studies Program

Women's Studies Concentration

(Major Code 0311)

Students must successfully complete three (3) semester hours of HIST275, Introduction to Women’s Studies, prior to enrolling in concentration or related elective courses. The remaining twenty-one (21) hours must be selected from the following courses, and include at least one course from each of four subject areas.

DANC	310	A Comparative Study of the Dance Works of Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus	3 cr
ENGL	224	Contemporary Women’s Literature: A World View	3 cr
ENGL	232	Women Writers in Science Fiction	3 cr
ENGL	233	Images of Women in Literature	3 cr
ENGL	236	A Survey of Early African-American Women’s Poetry	3 cr
ENGL	237	Standing and Testifying: African-American Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance	3 cr
ENGL	239	American Griots: Black Women Storytellers in the 20^th Century	3 cr
ENGL	241	Women Writers	3 cr
ENGL	242	Postcolonial Women Writers	3 cr
ENGL	243	Literature by Women of Africa and the African Diaspora	3 cr
ENGL	318	African-American Film and Culture	3 cr
ENGL	343	African-American Women Writers	3 cr
ENGL	416	Major African Women Writers	3 cr
HEFS	181	Social-Psychological Aspects of Dress	3 cr
HIST	306	History of Women Since 1800	3 cr
HIST	423	The History of Women in Africa	3 cr
HIST	501	20^th and 21^st Century Women Activists of the World	3 cr
HIST	622	History of Asian Women	3 cr
JOMC	608	Women in the Media	3 cr
LIBS	302	Media Analysis	3 cr
LIBS	306	Gender and Technology	3 cr
NURS	315	Women’s Health Across the Lifespan	3 cr
PHIL	310	Feminist Philosophy	3 cr
POLI	450	Women in Politics	3 cr
PSYC	551	Psychology of Women	3 cr
SOWK	320	The Feminization of Poverty	3 cr

Any one interested in becoming a Liberal Studies: Women's Studies major should contact the Director of Liberal Studies, Dr. Humphrey A. Regis, at 256-2165. After a curriculum review, Women's Studies majors will be advised by:

Dr. Millicent Brown
Women's Studies Coordinator
Gibbs Hall 317
(336) 334-7831 Ext. 6010
mbrown@ncat.edu