Women’s & Gender Studies, Individually Designed

Requirements

Interested students may develop a course of study built around the Women’s & Gender Studies theme by drawing from appropriate courses from the various disciplines at New England College. Following the publication “Guidelines for Submitting an Individually Designed Major (IDM) Proposal” students will work with the Women’s & Gender Studies Coordinator to design the major. The completed proposal will be presented to the Academic Standards Committee for their approval before mid‐term of the first semester of the junior year. First year students are not eligible to submit IDM’s.

Liberal Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum, Bachelor’s Degree

• LAS 1000 - Bridges to Learning (2 Credits)
• WR 1010 - Composition (4 Credits) or approved LAS Writing Course.
• MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning (4 Credits) or higher
• LAS 1 (LAS 1110) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World (4 Credits)
• LAS 2 (LAS 1120) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values (4 Credits)
• LAS 3 (LAS 2110) - Creative Arts (4 Credits)
• LAS 4 (LAS 2120) - Social Sciences (4 Credits)
• LAS 5 (LAS 2130) - Natural and Biological Sciences (4 Credits)
• LAS 6 (LAS 2140) - Humanities (4 Credits)
• LAS 7 (LAS 3110) - Global Perspectives (4 Credits)
• LAS Elective (4 Credits) One additional course that meets any LAS requirement or combination of two 2-credit approved electives.

Electives

Select additional electives to reach 120 credits for a Bachelor’s degree.