Women in Leadership

Focuses on the interdisciplinary analysis of women, culture, and society. Topics include: cultural images, socialization, media, sexuality, sexual orientation, work, family, politics, violence, inequality, and racial diversity. The course also examines feminist viewpoints, interdisciplinary studies, and the relationship of feminist concepts, methods, and modes of analysis to traditional academic disciplines.

Provides a forum for students who have recently engaged in, or are currently enrolled in, a Women, Gender, and Leadership internship. During the seminar they will complete readings on various kinds of leadership, give presentations about their leadership experiences, and write about ways in which their leadership experiences will enrich their futures. Taught on a rotational basis by various program faculty, the focus is on students having the opportunity to synthesize their academic and hands-on leadership experience. Prerequisites: declared candidacy for the Women, Gender, and Leadership Certificate, plus either completion or current enrollment in a leadership internship approved by the Women, Gender, and Leadership Certificate Steering Committee.

Internship designed to facilitate leadership opportunities for students in the Women, Gender, and Leadership program. WL491 is arranged in consultation with an evaluating WL faculty member and/or the supervising Dean or their designee and a selected agency supervisor within the student’s targeted work-area. Goals and objectives are contracted prior to registration and designed to complement or directly relate to a student’s major area of study. Internships require a minimum of 40 hours (per credit), which includes on-the-job work and documentation procedures.