Bachelor of Arts | Undergraduate Certificate Program | Fully Online | Graduate Certificate

Application Forms: BA application | Undergraduate Certificate application | Fully Online application | Graduate Certificate application

Please send filled out applications to wstudies@fiu.edu or fax to 305 348 3143.

Admission: To qualify for admission to the program, FIU undergraduates must have met all the lower division requirements including CLAST or its equivalent; completed 60 semester hours, and be otherwise acceptable into the program.

Requirements: The program in women's studies requires 30 hours of upper-division course work. Students who elect to major in women's studies are required to declare a minor in another area of concentration (courses may overlap). Students who choose to declare a double major are exempt from the minor requirement. The major requires a core concentration of four courses and six electives for a total of 10 courses. Any core concentration course that is not taken for the core requirement, may be taken as an elective. The standard courses are described in the catalog.

Student programs are coordinated with designated faculty advisors. In addition to standard, topic, and genre courses, new courses are offered each semester. The elective selection may include one course on ethnicity, class or race. Courses are cross-listed in the schedule. The approval of an advisor is required for core course substitution and for graduate level course work.

Women's Studies B.A. and Certificate
Changes In The Core Concentration Courses, Effective Spring 2004

The changes in the core concentration for the Women's Studies major and undergraduate certificate will be in effect beginning Spring 2004 and will apply to students who declare themselves as WS majors and certificate earners for the Spring 2004 semester. Students admitted as majors and certificate earners before the Spring 2004 semester will need to fulfill the old core concentration requirements.

Women's Studies Bachelor's Degree (Major Or Double Major) (no changes)

The Women's Studies Center offers a choice of two options for completing a Women's Studies major:
Option A:
An interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Women's Studies (10 courses; 30 credit hours) that includes four core courses (one from each of the four core categories below) and six electives. Women's Studies majors are required to declare a minor in another area of concentration (courses may overlap). Students are advised to take one course on ethnicity, class or race; a course with a computer-use requirement; and a course with an oral presentation requirement.
Option B:
An interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Women's Studies (10 courses; 30 credits) and a complete second major in another department. Students who choose to declare a double major are exempt from the minor requirement. See Option A for specific course requirements.

Undergraduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies (no changes):

Students who wish to concentrate in Women's Studies but not major, may obtain a certificate. All students (undergraduate, graduate, professional, special) are eligible to earn the Women's Studies Certificate, consisting of a core concentration of 6 courses; 18 credits (three core courses from three of four categories below and three electives).

New! Option For Majors And Certificate Earners:
Students enrolled in WS may complete an internship that combines academic study and community activism. Special permission is required for these options. Contact Dr. Suzanna Rose, the Director, at 305/348-2408.

How To Enroll: To enroll in the program or for more information and/or to seek academic advising on the Women's Studies major and certificate, contact Dr. Suzanna Rose, Director at (305)348-2408 or wstudies@fiu.edu or visit us at the Women's Studies Center in DM-212. You may also download the application form here and mail, email wstudies@fiu.edu, or fax it to the WS office (305-348-3143). We welcome your inquiry.

How to Apply to FIU for a Post-baccalaureate Undergraduate Certificate:
Students who are new to FIU and who wish to earn a post-baccalaureate undergraduate certificate should:
(1) apply to FIU as a non-degree seeking student at: http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/register/nonDegree.htm and, once admitted,
(2) fill out the application for the undergraduate certificate and return it to Women's Studies. Post-baccalaureate certificate earners may apply a maximum of 3 courses (nine credits) earned at other universities or colleges to the undergraduate certificate.

Complete listing and description all courses can be found in: Course Description

NEW CORE CONCENTRATION
(For Students Admitted as WS majors or certificate earners after January 1, 2004)
(BA degree: 4courses = 12 hours with one course from each category; Certificate: 3 courses = 9 hours with one course from 3 categories)

OLD CORE CONCENTRATION
(For Students Admitted as WS majors or certificate earners before December 31, 2003)
(BA degree: 4courses = 12 hours with one course from each category; Certificate: 3 courses = 9 hours with one course from 3 categories)

ELECTIVES IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
Partial listing of electives. Check semester schedule for full listing of current offering.
(BA degree: 6 courses =18 hours; Certificate: 3 courses = 9 hours)

Women's Studies:	Philosophy:
WST 3015 Introduction to Women's Studies	PHM 4123 Philosophy and Feminism
WST 3641 Gay and Lesbian in the U.S.	Political Science:
WST 4504 Feminist Theory	POS 4073 Military & The Citizen
	POS 4605 Gender Justice
Art & Art History:	POS 4627 Equality and the Constitution
ARH 4871 Women and Art	POT 4309 Sex, Power, and Politics
Economics:	PUP 4323 Women in Politics
ECS 3021 Women, Culture and Economic Development	Psychology:
English:	PSY 4822 Female Sexuality
AML 4024 20th Century African-American Literature	SOP 3742 Psychology of Women
AML 4263 Contemporary Southern Writers	Religion:
AML 4503 Periods in American Literature: Women Transforming Realism	REL 3145/5145  Women, and Religion
AML 4624 African-American Women Writers	REL 3171 Sex and Religion
ENG 4134 Women and Film	REL 3172 Reproductive Ethics
ENL 3261 19th Century British Women Novelists	REL 3520/5502 Saints, Witches and Cathedrals
ENL 4212 Medieval Women Writers	REL 3551 Mary and Jesus
ENL 4370 Virginia Woolf and Her Circle	REL 4146 Feminist Theology and Ethics
LIN 4651 Gender and Language	REL 5184 Sex, Ethics, and Religion
LIT 3383 Women in Literature	REL 5502 Saints, Witches, and Missionaries
LIT 3383 Caribbean Women Writers	Sociology/Anthropology:
LIT 4931 Special Topics in Women's Literature	ANG 6303 Comparative Feminisms
History:	ANT 3302 Anthropology of Sex & Gender
AMH 3560 History of Women in the United States	ANT 3304 Voices of Third World Women
AMH 4561Early American Women’s History	ANT 4334 Contemporary Latin American Women
AMH 4562 Modern American Women’s History	SYD 3810 Sociology of Gender
EUH 4313 History of Women in Modern Spain	SYD 3811 Sociology of Women
EUH 4610 Women and Gender in Europe, 1750 to Present	SYD 4801 Theories of Gender
LAH 4721 History of Women in Latin America	SYD 4820 Sociology of Men
Humanities:	SYG 4060 Sociology of Sexuality
HUM 3225 Women, Culture and History	SYO 3120 Marriage and the Family
HUM 3930 Female/Male: Women's Studies Seminar	SYP 4562 Domestic Violence
International Relations:	Architecture:
INR 4085 Women & Men in International Relations	ARC 4227 Gender and Architecture
Labor Studies:	Business:
LBS 4154/5155 Workers/Workplace Diversity	MAN 4102 Managing Diversity
LBS 4210 Women and Work in the United States	Criminal Justice:
Modern Languages:	CCJ 4663 Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
FIL 4528 Hispanic Women and Film	Dietetics & Nutrition:
FRW 4583 Women Writers in French	HUN 3294 Women's Nutrition Issues
SPT 5715 Hispanic Women Writers	Nursing:
SPW 5387 Women and Poetry	NGR 5480 Women and Health
SPW 5486 Modern Spanish Women Writers	Public Administration:
SPW 5786 Spanish American Women Writers	PAD 5435 Administration and the Role of Women
Music:	Social Work:
MUH 3073/5075 Women in Music	SOW 5109 Crises in the Lives of Women
	SOW 5624 Feminist Therapy in Social Work

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