Academic Catalog
Introduction
The Women’s and Gender Studies program considers historical and current analyses of women and gender in the US and globally. This program draws on the unique offerings of several departments and programs at Manhattanville. This interdisciplinary program provides students the opportunity to study women’s lives and gender through the perspectives of anthropology, art history, communication studies, English, film studies, history, political science, sociology, world literatures and languages, and world religions.
Women’s Studies began as the academic outgrowth of women’s and feminist activism in the late 1960s and 1970s. At this time, women’s voices and experiences were rarely represented in the social or natural sciences. The Women’s Studies program at Manhattanville was founded in 1981. Students in the program have gone on to be community organizers, attend graduate school, and work in a variety of professional fields.
Degree
Women’s and Gender Studies is offered as a minor.
Program Administrators
Beth Williford, Program Director, (914) 323-5143, Beth.Williford@mville.edu
Faculty and Staff
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Beth Williford
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Maria José Lujan (World Language and Literatures)
Lisa Rafanelli (Art History)
Caralyn Bialo (English)
Nancy Harris (Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Anthropology)
Overview
Women’s and Gender Studies at Manhattanville is a broadly-based, interdisciplinary program.
To receive a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies students need to complete a total of five courses, including WGS 1040: Women in Society: An Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies.
A minor in Women's and Gender Studies requires WGS 1040: Women and Society: An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, and a minimum of four other courses such as those from the samples listed in the related courses section.
Students will participate in a supervised off-campus internship which is guided by a full-time professor within the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Manhattanville. The goal of this experience is to integrate and apply knowledge and theory learned in the classroom in a professional workplace setting.
Students are responsible for securing an internship prior to registering this course. The Center for Career Development (CCD) assists students as they identify and apply for internship opportunities. Students wishing to earn credit for an internship register WGS 4497 Internship under a Faculty Internship Advisor in the Program. During the course they complete academic assignments, consult with the CCD, evaluate their experience, and receive an evaluation of their performance from their internship supervisor. At the end of the course, the Faculty Internship Advisor provides a grade.
The CCD administers Internship course registration. Students must contact the CCD to initiate the process. Students may register Internship courses for 1-3 credits and as letter grade or pass/fail, with some restrictions (see Minor Credit).
Minor Credit: One WGS 4497 Internship course can count as a Program minor elective. Internship courses counted toward the minor must be registered as 3-credit Letter Graded course.
Prerequisites: Minimum 30 credits of coursework completed and successful completion (having earned a grade of C or higher) of WGS 1040 Women in Society.
Possible related courses include but are not limited to the following:
Art History
ARH 3005 |
Feminism and Art History |
ARH 3042 |
The Nude: Female Body in Art |
ARH 3063 |
Sexuality and Gender in Ancient Art |
ARH 3082 |
Women Artists of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque |
Communications
CAM 3071 |
Minorities & The Media |
CAM 3080 |
Gender and Communication |
English
ENG 3069 |
Images of Women in Literature |
ENG 2079 |
Women’s Film |
ENG 3119 |
Monstrous Women |
ENF 3173 |
Queer Film and Media Studies |
Sociology-Anthropology
ANTH 3024 |
Gender, Health and Culture |
ANTH 3030 |
Men and Masculinities |
SOC 2001 |
Gender in Global Perspective |
SOC 3073 |
Women and the Law |
Women and Work |
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SOC 3030 |
Social Inequality |
Spanish
Spanish Women Writers |
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SPN 3031 |
Women's Writing in Latin America |
World Religions
WREL 3003 |
Pagans |
Sexuality and Religion |
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WREL 3010 |
Women in Chinese and Japanese Religions |
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