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<b>Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship and research
that focuses on the significance of gender as a variable in experience, history,
and culture. Women's Studies raises questions that often have been ignored or
marginalized, and it makes the experience and history of women central to the
study of any human concern. Scholarship in Women's Studies demonstrates the
need to recognize new models of knowledge, as well as the need to be critical
of theories and approaches that do not take into account the difference of gender.
In so doing, Women's Studies serves as a privileged site for "reflective critique,"
and it has often challenged the traditional disciplines to reflect on their
concepts and methods in ways that have enriched those disciplines.</b>
<p><b>At Stony Brook the Women's Studies Program introduces students to the
history of feminism, as well as its contemporary theories and methods. Feminist
theory in a global context provides the background for a critique of the social
construction of gender and its relation to other systems of privilege.</b>
<p><b>The major and minor in Women's Studies are designed for students interested
in the interdisciplinary study of gender and women. The programs emphasize
the development of skill in critical thinking, argumentation, and writing.
The program consists of a set of core courses offered by Women's Studies,
as well as related courses in other disciplines. Students wishing to complete
the major or minor should consult the department and establish an advising
folder by the beginning of the junior year or sooner.</b>
<p><b>Because it emphasizes transposable skills of reading, writing, analysis, and expression Women's Studies provides an excellent preparation for graduate or professional school or employment. Graduates have gone on to law, medicine, social work, psychology, teaching, and business, among other fields. Double majors, combining women's studies with another field, are not uncommon.</b>
<p><b>A list of additional courses in other departments that satisfy WST requirements
is provided by the department each semester at Prime Time.</b> <br>
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<p>Chair, Oyeronke Oyewumi</p>
<p>Departmental Assistant: <a href="mailto:cwallahora@notes.cc.sunysb.edu">Colleen Wallahora</a>; Old Chem 105<br>
Phone: (631) 632-9176; Fax: (???) ???-????<br>
Departmental Secretary: Shelley Mooney</p>
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