DESCRIPTION
The bi-college concentration in feminist and gender studies is committed to the interdisciplinary study of women and gender. The program includes courses on women’s experiences considered both historically and cross-culturally, on literature by and about women, on gender roles and socialization, and on bias in attempts to account for gender differences. This radical critique of gender has led in turn to the interrogating of masculinity; to the theorizing of sexuality and sexualities; and to the delineation of the cultural and historical experience of queerness; courses drawn from these interests are currently housed within the concentration.

Students plan their programs in consultation with the feminist and gender studies coordinator on their home campus and members of the Steering Committee on Feminism and Gender Studies. Students may declare either a concentration or minor.

COORDINATORS
Assistant Professor Debora Sherman, Coordinator at Haverford
Senior Lecturer Anne Dalke, Coordinator at Bryn Mawr

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Six courses distributed as follows are required for the concentration: (1) An introductory course, such as Anthropology 106a, Political Science 123b or English 280b. Equivalent courses at Swarthmore or the University of Pennsylvania are also acceptable. Students may request to count other relevant introductory level courses toward this requirement.
(2) The junior seminar, General Programs 290: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender.
(3) Four additional approved courses from at least two different departments, two of which are normally 300 level. Units of Independent Study (480a, b) may be used to fulfill this requirement.
(4) Of the six courses, no fewer than two and no more than three will also form part of the student’s major.

MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Same as above, excluding requirement 4. Neither a senior seminar nor a senior thesis is required for the concentration; however, with the permission of the major department, a student may choose to count toward the
concentration a senior thesis with significant feminist and gender studies content.
Students wishing to construct an independent major in Feminist and Gender Studies will have to make a proposal to the College Committee on Student Standing and Progress (CSSP).

Women of Color, Haverford College, 1997