The Women's Studies Committee will review course material and a statement by the course instructor which indicates how the course meets the criteria for a women's studies course (see criteria noted below). Courses that meet the criteria will be approved as a cross-listed women's studies course for one academic year. After the course has been taught once, the Women's studies Committee will review the course with the instructor and either approve permanent inclusion into the Concentration or comment on the course in light of the stated course criteria.

Faculty members who believe that they teach a course that students could substitute for women's studies credit given that 

(a) the course has significant women's studies content (see course criteria below), and 
(b) the student can complete a major project/assignment on a women's studies topic, may wish to indicate this substitution possibility on the course syllabus. A statement such as the following is suggested: 

"Given the content of this course, and the required assignments, students in the Women's Studies Concentration may wish to request taking this course for women's studies credit (as well as for GE, cognate, minor, or major credit). Such a request needs the instructor's signature and must be made through the Women's Studies Committee."

Criteria for Women's Studies Courses

Women's Studies courses:

(a) focus on women's experiences in history, society, and culture, and examine their reaction to such experiences;
(b) examine institutional structures/modes of authority/analyses of power, especially considering their implications for women; and
(c) incorporate one or more feminist analyses/scholarly works (recognizing that there are multiple, and even conflicting feminist perspectives).