Women’s and Gender Studies, Individually Designed BA

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 - First-Year Seminar Credits: 2
• WR 1010 - Composition Credits: 4 or approved LAS Writing course.
• MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 4 (MT courses numbered higher than 1100 are acceptable)
• LAS 1 (LAS 1110) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World Credits: 4
• LAS 2 (LAS 1120) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values Credits: 4
• LAS 3 (LAS 2110) - Creative Arts Credits: 4
• LAS 4 (LAS 2120) - Social Sciences Credits: 4
• LAS 5 (LAS 2130) - Natural and Biological Sciences Credits: 4
• LAS 6 (LAS 2140) - Humanities Credits: 4
• LAS 7 (LAS 3110) - Global Perspectives Credits: 4
• LAS Elective Credits: 4 (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.