Jan 20, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Women and Gender Studies - Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Concentration (BA)

Program Educational Goals

Goal 1: The successful student will be able to distinguish among the multiple forms of gender-based violence including sexual and intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse,teen dating violence, stalking, and cyber-abuse

Goal 2: The successful student will be able to recognize the racialized and gendered nature of violence, and how a wide range of political, social, economic, and physical factors impact and shape experiences of violence.

Goal 3: The successful student will be able to articulate the dynamics of power and control and how they combine, manifest, and escalate to create unique experiences of violence among a variety of populations.

Goal 4: The successful student will be able to apply intersectional analysis to explain the prevalence and risks for both perpetrating and being victimized by various forms of gender-based violence among distinct populations (e.g. race and ethnic groups, sexual and gender identities, religious practices, immigration statuses).

Goal 5: The successful student will be able to explain how the experience of trauma leads to specific behaviors and health outcomes for survivors, advocates, and institutions and can apply trauma informed principles to best support clients, co-workers, and systems.

Goal 6: The successful student will be able to demonstrate how gender norms function in the perpetuation and acceptance of violence and the role of confronting these norms as a technique in prevention.

Goal 7: The successful student will be able to identify the various systems that respond to gender-based violence and the pathways available to best support survivors and/or offenders and the institutions that surround them.

Four Year Plan

Please refer to the Four-Year Plan for departmental recommended path toward graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

College Requirements:

College Breadth Requirements:

The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth.

GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP B: History and Cultural Change (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (Ten credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units and including a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory)

*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

Foreign Language:

Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
- The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
  - Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Mathematics:

The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.

Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):

Option One:

MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue to the study of mathematics)

Option Two:

One of the following:

MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4 (designed to prepare students for MATH 241 )

Option Three:

Successful completion of any 200-level or higher mathematics course except: MATH 201 , MATH 202 , MATH 205 , MATH 251 , MATH 252 , MATH 253 , and MATH 266 .

Option Four:

Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Women and Gender Studies Major Requirements:

A grade of C- is required in all major courses. No more than 51 credits with the WOMS prefix (including crosslisted courses) may be counted toward the total required for the degree.

WOMS 200 - Introduction to Sexualities and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3
WOMS 201 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3
WOMS 313 - Theory and Methods in Feminism Credit(s): 3
WOMS 410 - The Study of Women and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3

Concentration Requirements:

WOMS 209 - Mindfulness and Self Care for Trauma Work: Gendered Perspectives Credit(s): 3
WOMS 240 - Gender and Violence Credit(s): 3
WOMS 408 - Advocacy, Community, and Practice in Domestic Violence Services Credit(s): 3
WOMS 498 - Internship in Women and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3

One of the following:

CRJU 350 - Gender and Criminal Justice Credit(s): 3
CRJU 417 - Sex Crimes and Punishments Credit(s): 3
CRJU 489 - Crime Victims and Victims’ Rights Credit(s): 3
HDFS 409 - Domestic Violence Services Credit(s): 3
WOMS 335 - Sexual Assault Studies Credit(s): 3
WOMS 355 - Preventing Gender-Based Violence: Programs and Policies Credit(s): 3
WOMS 498 - Internship in Women and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3

Restricted Elective:

One three-credit WOMS elective (or course crosslisted with WOMS).

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

Women and Gender Studies - Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Concentration (BA)

Program Educational Goals

Four Year Plan

University Requirements:

College Requirements:

College Breadth Requirements:

Foreign Language:

Mathematics:

Option One:

Option Two:

Option Three:

Option Four:

Second Writing Requirement:

Women and Gender Studies Major Requirements:

Concentration Requirements:

One of the following:

Restricted Elective:

Electives:

Credits to Total a Minimum of 124

Last Revised 2021-2022 Academic Year