412/419 Conklin Hall

973-353-1026

Website: http://womenstudies.newark.rutgers.edu

Program Director: Belinda Edmondson

The major in women's studies is offered at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences (NCAS). The minor in women's studies is offered at NCAS and University College–Newark (UC-N).

The interdisciplinary women's studies program provides a framework for the study of gender and questions of culture, history, politics, and economics. Women's studies courses also integrate scholarship on race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class together with perspectives on gender. The women's studies program is an interdisciplinary program, and the scholarship of women's studies has transformed teaching and learning in many disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and sciences. Women's studies courses emphasize active learning and critical thinking, and address the diversity of women's experiences based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation.

A variety of courses, including Introduction to Women's Studies (21:988:201,202) and Topics in Women's Studies (21:988:389,390), are available to students who wish to direct their future career plans, studies, and research into fields requiring knowledge of the new scholarship on women and gender.

Students also are required to pursue a research project and/or an internship.

The Individual Research in Women's Studies (21:988:401) course requires a substantial written project, while the Women's Studies Internship (21:988:425) involves ongoing organizational work in the campus community or outside agencies.

Students may wish to consider a double major that combines women's studies with another discipline.

A minor in women's studies is an excellent complement to many majors, including social work, psychology, political science, sociology, English, business, nursing, history, and liberal studies.