2010-2011 Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Women’s and Ethnic Studies Minor


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Courses offered through the Women’s and Ethnic Studies Program (WEST)  center on the experiences and cultural expressions of women and racial/ethnic groups not only in the United States but also across the world, including but not limited to economic, political, legal, historical, literary and cultural dimensions of life both inside and outside of the United States.

An important goal of the minor is to focus on knowledge grounded in the experiences and perspectives of women and racial/ethnic groups that have been marginalized and excluded from full participation in society.

Women’s and Ethnic Studies provides all students with tools to accomplish the following goals:

  •  to introduce students to an interdisciplinary perspective, and thereby make visible a range of approaches, including those which are non-traditional or marginalized;
  •  the ability to adopt an intersectional approach to the study of privilege and oppression, which emphasizes the interrelations among race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality;
  •  the capacity to effectively work with people from various sexual orientations, classes, genders, and racial/ethnic backgrounds, and
  •  the knowledge to shape our collective future in ways that foster a recognition of the practical and fortuitous advantages of diversity in community life.

Women’s and Ethnic Studies also provides students with a forum for exploring the realities of their own experiences and discussing those realities in a systematic, informed way.

 

General Requirements


The minor may be earned by students enrolled in any undergraduate program at UCCS. Students must take at least 18 credit hours of designated WEST courses.

  is the only required course for the minor. It is strongly recommended that WEST 2010 be taken before any other WEST coursework is completed.  It is also recommended that students completing the WEST minor consider taking WEST 3400 - Gender and Race Theory  and/or WEST 3660 - Community Service and Learning 

Overall, of the 18 credits hours earned for the minor, at least 9 credit hours must be taken at UCCS, and 6 of those must be upper division. A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned for any course counted toward the minor. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis will not be accepted. Transfer credits are limited to 9 credit hours and must be approved by the Associate Director.

Concentrated Courses of Study in the Minor in Native American Studies or Latina/o Studies


Students may also consider our exciting and newly-developed concentrations in Native American Studies and Latina/o Studies.  For more information on Native American Studies, please contact Dr. Janice Gould at (719) 255-5147 or jgould@uccs.edu. For more information on Latina/o Studies, please contact Dr. Andrea Herrera at (719) 255-4001 or aherrera@uccs.edu.  A full description of both concentrations will be available on the web at www.uccs.edu/~west

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