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he Collegian
rsday, November 5, 1992 Vol. XLI No. 8
Women's
Minor to
by Teresa Turle;
The Collegian
Behrend will soon be
introducing a new program that
will be centered around women’s
studies.
The Division of Humanities
and Social Sciences will be
implementing a Women's
Studies/Gender Minor to be
offered in Spring 1993.
The new program is an
eighteen credit inter-disciplinary
U.P. minor.
The Minor will have two
specific course requirements.
Introduction to Women's
Studies; WMNST 001 (DF),
which will be offered every fall.
Also, WMST 400: Feminist
Theory, which will be offered
for the first time in the Spring
of 1994.
Other Requirements will
include at least three credits in
the area of arts or humanities
and three credits in the natural or
social sciences. The minor will
Studies/Gender
be offered
also necessitate three credit
hours focusing on non-western
women or women of color in
the United States.
Roberta Salper, head of the
Division of Humanities and
—for many years
staff and students
have been interested
in establishing this
minor—
Social Sciences said, "Even
though this is a time of great
financial difficulty, funds are
available (for the minor) because
these courses fulfill culture
diversity requirements."
Among those that are
currently in the spring schedule
of classes that will fulfil
requirements are HSTRY 109
(DF) Gender and History,
WMNST 297 (DF) Women in
Development and English 194
(DF) Women Writers.
Salper explained that for
many years staff and students
have been interested in
establishing this minor and with
their help it is becoming a
reality.
The possibility of
establishing a major in this area
is not in the foreseeable future.
To implement a major it would
be necessary to hire additional
full time professors.
“That (hiring additional
professors) is not possible at
this time,” said Salper.
Anyone who is interested in
obtaining more information
concerning the Women's Studies
Minor should contact Diana
Hume George, in the English
Department, Human and Social
Services, located in the Carriage
House.