CURRICULUM

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• Admission Requirements

• B.A. Options

• M.A. Options

• Minor

• Course List

• UIS Course Schedule

• UIS Course Descriptions

• UIS Catalog

course list

Core Courses

Course Title	Hours
WMS 301 Women, Gender and Society	4
WMS 403 Minority Women: Issues and Perspectives	4
WMS 411 Feminist Theories	4
WMS 412 Women, Organizations, and Social Change	4
WMS 415 Women's Studies Practicum	2-4
WMS 460 Special Topics in Women's Studies	2-8
WMS 499 Independent Study	2-8
WMS 599 Independent Study	2-8

General Courses

Course Title	Hours
WMS 421 Diversity, Culture and Social Work	4
WMS 422 Violence Against Women and Children	4
WMS 423 Counseling Women	4
WMS 424Gender and Communication	4
WMS 432 Sociology of Families	4
WMS 443 Women and Criminal Justice	4
WMS 445 Law and Inequality	4
WMS 446 Family Law	4
WMS 447 Women in American Law	4
WMS 448 Law and Literature	4
WMS 449 Nondiscrimination Laws in Employment	4
WMS 451 Social Psychology of Women	4
WMS 452 Sociology of Gender	4
WMS 453 Women Across Cultures	4
WMS 454 The History of the Family	4
WMS 455 Women in American History	4
WMS 458 Women, Health, and Healing	4
WMS 459 The Women's Movement: Past and Present	4
WMS 461 Major Women Writers	4
WMS 462 Images of Women in Literature	4
WMS 463 Native American Women's Literature & Culture	4
WMS 464 Women's Spirituality	4
WMS 465 Woman-centered Literature	4
WMS 466 Multicultural American Women's Literature	4
WMS 471Politics of Women's Sexuality: Loving Women	4
WMS 481 Women in Chinese and Japanese History	4
WMS 486 Childhood's Past	4
WMS 540 Seminar: Major Figures in American Literature	4
WMS 555 Women and Media	4

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