64 Engaged Learning and Interdisciplinary Programs • Credit Hour Requirements: A minimum of 18 credit hours. Course Requirements for Emphasis Courses Required (6 credit hours) • GEOG 4410 - Land Use Planning Techniques and Practices Credits: (3) • GEOG 4420 - Advanced Planning Techniques Credits: (3) Electives (12 credit hours) For students completing both a major and a minor, the requirements of the major field will be reduced by fifteen hours. They will be replaced by 12 hours of interdisciplinary courses selected outside the major field from the folio wing. • BTNY 1403 LS - Environment Appreciation Credits: (3-4) (3 credit hours required) • GEOG 3450 - Cartography Credits: (3) • GEOG 3460 - Advanced Cartography Credits: (3) • GEOG 3210 - Urban Geography Credits: (3) • GEOG 3360 - Economic Geography Credits: (3) • GEO 4150 - Environmental Assessment Credits: (3) • GEO 4210 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Credits: (4) • MICR 1153 LS - Elementary Public Health Credits: (3) • POLS 3700 - Introduction to Public Administration Credits: (3) • POLS 3750 - Urban Government and Politics Credits: (3) • SOC 3840 - Cities and Urban Life Credits: (3) • SOC 3850 - Race & Ethnicity Credits: (3) • SOC 3300 - Environment and Society Credits: (3) Note: And a basic statistics course taken in a department of the student's choice. For students who wish to complete the Planning Emphasis Program in lieu of a minor, GEOG 4410 and GEOG 4420 wUl be required as well as 12 hours of interdisciplinary courses from the above list outside the major field. Women's Studies Minor Program Women's Studies Minor Coordinator: Michelle Paustenbaugh Location: Social Sciences Building, Rooms 301/303 Telephone: 801-626-7632 The Women's Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program which introduces students to the current scholarship in the study of women, past and present, from a variety of cultural, class, sexual preference, ethnic, and religious orientations. • Program Prerequisite: A student's program of study for the Women's Studies Minor must be approved by the Women's Studies Coordinator. • Grade Requirements: A grade of "C" or better is required for all courses used toward the minor (a grade of "C-" is not acceptable.) • Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 20 credit hours is required for this minor. Course Requirements for Minor Women's Studies Courses Required (12 credit hours) • WS 1500 SS/DV - Introduction to Women's Studies Credits: (3) • WS 3050 - Introduction to Feminist Theories 1700 ~ Present Credits: (3) • WS 4050 - Research Methodologies Credits: (2) • WS 4060 - Research Project Credits: (2) * • WS 4860 - Internship in Women's Studies Credits: (1-2)* • WS 4990 - Senior Seminar Credits: (2) Note: * WS 4060 (2) and WS 4860 (2) represent alternate tracks for students with interest in academic careers or community work, respectively. Either one may be taken as an elective by students choosing the alternate course as a requirement. As an elective, WS 4860 may be taken for 1 or 2 credit hours. Electives (8 credit hours) A total of 8 credit hours of electives chosen in consultation with the Women's Studies Coordinator. Electives may include up to 3 credit hours of Directed Readings. COMM 3090 - Gender and Communication Credits: (3) ENGL 2710 HU /DV - Perspectives on Women's Literature Credits: (3) FL 3670 - Literature Authors Credits: (3) GERT 3320 - Ethnicity and Older Women in the American Society Credits: (3) HIST 3070 - Women in American History: 1600 to Present Credits: (3) PSY 2370 - Psychology of Women and Gender Credits: (3) PSY 3100 - Psychology of Diversity Credits: (3) SOC 3130 - Sociology of Gender Credits: (3) WS 2900 - Topics in Women's Studies Credits: (1- 3) or WS 4900 - Topics in Women's Studies Credits: (l- 3) WS 4830 - Directed Readings Credits: (1-3) Note: Should other courses relating specifically to Women or Gender Studies, either of an experimental or of a permanent nature, be added to the curriculum, these courses will be accepted as electives for the Women's Studies Minor Program. Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog