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2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog

Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A. Gender and Sexuality Studies Concentration


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Dr. Kara French, Program Coordinator
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Advisement for the major is available from the Interdisciplinary Studies Program

Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A. Gender and Sexuality Studies Concentration Curriculum Guide  (Suggested 4-Year Plan of Study)

The Fulton School of Liberal Arts offers a major in interdisciplinary studies leading to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science. The major accommodates students who wish to develop programs of study in two or more disciplines or create a major in an area of study not offered by any traditional major at SU. This program allows students to create an individual and flexible major that is best suited to their interests or career goals. Most importantly, this program gives students the opportunity to integrate information across disciplines to help gain a more complete understanding of the chosen area of study.

Students majoring in interdisciplinary studies may choose a concentration in gender and sexuality studies. This concentration investigates how gender identities have developed over time and how women’s and men’s roles have been produced and shaped by social institutions, such as politics, religion, family, sexuality, media and arts. It will examine how our present day notions of femininity, masculinity, womanhood and manhood have developed and changed and how gender shapes past and present day social roles, behavior and culture.

  • Complete 9 courses in at least 4 disciplines with grades of C or better.

  • A maximum of 15 hours of upper-level transfer credits may be accepted toward the interdisciplinary studies major.

  • Demonstrate 102-level proficiency in a foreign language.

Checklist

This checklist is an unofficial tool for planning. Matriculated students and advisors should consult the Academic Requirements Report in GullNet before and after registering for classes each semester to track academic progress.

University Undergraduate Major Policies


  • Refer to the program page for this major and the Courses  section of this catalog for approved prerequisites and General Education courses.
  • Program requirements may not equal 120 credit hours. Students must register for additional electives to complete 120 credits required for graduation.
  • All graduates must have a minimum of 30 credits of 300/400-level courses with C grade or above; at least 15 of those credits must be taken at SU.
  • Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for graduation.
  • Students must complete at least 30 credit hours by direct classroom instruction and/or laboratory experience.
  • Students must take 30 of the last 37 credit hours at SU.
  • It is the student’s responsibility to satisfy graduation requirements. Please refer to the program page of this catalog for detailed major requirements.
  • Students must apply online for graduation by November 15 for May and by May 15 for December.

General Education Requirements


See which courses fulfill specific General Education requirements: General Education Courses  

Please Note: There may be courses required for your major or minor that also satisfy a requirement below.

SU Signature Outcomes Requirements (3 Courses)


These courses may also meet additional General Education and/or major requirements.

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following Areas (3 Courses):


Additional General Education Requirements (11 Courses)


These courses may also meet SU Signature Outcomes and/or major requirements.

* To be taken in the first 24 credit hours of courses

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (3 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (2 Courses):


Major Requirements


Gender Studies Core (9 Courses)


Complete 9 courses in at least 4 different disciplines


* These courses are not offered on a regular cycle. Check with individual departments regarding their availability.

Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar (Spring Semester Only)


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