Women's Studies

Program Code: SAC.WMNS.AA

Program Control Number: 04253

The associate degree curriculum in women’s studies is a liberal arts major which is designed to meet the following needs:

1. To help women develop a perspective pertaining to their own self-interest and relate those views to social and cultural factors such as economic necessity, political participation, historical patterns, and ethics;
2. To develop their self-awareness in relation to others;
3. To develop skills of communication and analysis;
4. To prepare for transfer to four-year colleges and schools of professional training;
5. To enrich women’s knowledge of their culture and the rapid developments that are taking place within it.

Learning Outcome(s):

1. Students will be able to utilize a feminist theoretical analysis of social interactions and social structures, explaining the formation, maintenance, and change of socio-cultural identities.