Program of Study (CAS Bulletin)
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (for students enrolled in CAS fall 2006 and after)
The new Gender and Sexuality Studies major consists of introductory, elective, and research components, together comprising a total of eleven courses, as laid out below:
Two introductory courses, could be taken in any order:
V18.0001, Concepts in Social and Cultural Analysis—An introduction to key terms and analytical categories for interdisciplinary work in Gender and Sexuality Studies and related fields
V18.0401, Approaches to Gender and Sexuality
Seven elective courses
· Five designated Gender and Sexuality Studies courses
· Two Common Electives: Upper-division courses offered by the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis which address issues pertinent to Gender and Sexuality Studies in relation with other SCA majors.
Two research courses:
V18.0040/0042 Gender and Sexuality Studies-related Internship Fieldwork & Seminar (4 credits)
V18.0090 Senior Research Seminar pertinent to Gender and Sexuality Studies
A note about Language/Linguistic Competency: The type of rigorous intercultural study promoted within the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis requires students to recognize the complex modes of communication at work both within and across different social groups. The department therefore strongly encourages its students to develop advanced skills in language and linguistics by any of the following means: taking elective courses in sociolinguistics; studying a language other than English beyond the minimum level required by CAS; studying languages especially germane to the department’s fields of study; pursuing community-based internship fieldwork necessitating the development and use of specific language skills; undertaking study or research abroad in contexts entailing the exercise of key language or linguistic capabilities.
MINOR
A gender and sexuality studies minor requires 16 points (four courses) drawn from at least two different departments or areas. Minors must complete Approaches to Gender and Sexuality Studies (V18.0401).
HONORS
Departmental Honors in Gender and Sexuality Studies—as in all the majors administered within SCA—requires a minimum of three courses with honors designations: An honors section of Strategies for Social and Cultural Analysis, in which students design their thesis research projects (or preliminary versions thereof), is normally taken in the sophomore or junior year. In the senior year, students take a two-semester honors sequence, consisting of a fall honors section of the Senior Research Seminar (V18.0900) and spring Independent Honors Research (8 points total), in which they complete a substantive research project with a significant component based on original primary research. Additional honors credit may be taken in honors sections of the introductory Concepts course, in designated sections of other Departmental courses, or in interdisciplinary Departmental honors junior seminars, when offered.
