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So I have a cousin who is apparently majoring in Women's Studies at Cal State
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:39 pm
Here is her curriculum. I mean, what is she even learning that will translate into the real world?
bolded the ones that were legit wtf
my spacing is off, but you get the idea….
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WMST 101 (3) Introduction to Women’s Studies
WMST 180 (3) Introductory Topics in Women's Studies
WMST 201 (3) Women: Contemporary Issues
WMST 205 (3) Gender and Identity in Pop Culture and the Media
WMST 211 (3) Introduction to Women's Literature
WMST 300 (3) Topics in Women's Studies
WMST 301 (3) Gender, Race, and Class in Contemporary Societies
WMST 303 (3) Education, Gender and Race
WMST 320 (3) Introduction to Feminist Pedagogies
WMST 321 (4) Feminist Pedagogies in Practice
WMST 323 (3) Women in Performance: Choreographies of Resistance
WMST 325 (3) Folktales of Strong Girls and Women in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
WMST 328 (3) Body & Identity
WMST 330 (3) Women as Leaders
WMST 341 (3) Men and Masculinities
WMST 343 (3) Power & Gender in the Muslim World
WMST 350 (3) Chicana and Latina Feminist Thought
wat
WMST 370 (3) Transnational Feminisms
WMST 375 (3) Feminist Activism
WMST 398 (3) Independent Study
WMST 401 (3) Seminar in Women's Studies
WMST 407 (3) The Politics of Sexuality
WMST 416 (3) Sex Work
Examines a variety of issues related to sex work, such as prostitution, trafficking in women and children, pornography, sex tourism, and erotic shows. Material will include material from communications, economic, feminist, health, sociopolitical, and other perspectives with an emphasis on the global nature of the sex industry. (GE Credit, DD)
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WMST 424 (3) Women and Health
WMST 445 (3) Gender and Development
WMST 450 (3) Cinema and Gender
WMST 490 (3) Feminist Perspectives: Theories and Research
WMST 495 (1-6) Internship in Women's Studies
WMST 499 (3) Independent Research in Women's Studies
bolded the ones that were legit wtf
my spacing is off, but you get the idea….
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Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:40 pm to cas4t
Not a bad idea if you want to extort the left-leaning system, honestly.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:44 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Gender and Identity in Pop Culture?
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:44 pm to cas4t
So she'll be starting her second degree when?
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:45 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
but yea i agree
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:46 pm to cas4t
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I mean, what is she even learning that will translate into the real world?
Future politician or future women's studies professor.
Immediately made me think of this Archer scene
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
right?
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:48 pm to RTR America
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I mean, what is she even learning that will translate into the real world?
Future politician or future women's studies professor.
They also get into social fields very easily, along with government jobs (right now), journalist jobs.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:48 pm to RTR America
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:48 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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journalist jobs
This seems like an obvious one that I missed.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:49 pm to cas4t
The only time I've ever seen someone do something with a women's studies degree is getting an emergency cert to teach in an all-girl's school or if they're using it as a springboard to get into counseling dealing with a specific female population (i.e. Domestic abuse, rape, etc) and even at that they're having to go back for other degrees.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:49 pm to RTR America
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This seems like an obvious one that I missed.
I watch a lot of Young Turks (just to see what the enemy is saying) and I see a bunch of people there with useless backgrounds.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:50 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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I watch a lot of Young Turks (just to see what the enemy is saying) and I see a bunch of people there with useless backgrounds.
Yeah they are never really journalists, but they are usually "contributors."
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:51 pm to cas4t
Girls who major in Women's Studies grow up to constantly bitch about there not being enough female engineers.
(instead of majoring in engineering, maybe)
(instead of majoring in engineering, maybe)
This post was edited on 8/26/14 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:53 pm to RTR America
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Yeah they are never really journalists, but they are usually "contributors."
Exactly, and it'd be way too easy to get into an organization like that as a writer or contributor, especially with that field.
It's kind of similar with the new libertarian movement from the right. It's unbelievably simple to get people to follow you -- especially if you're a minority and tow the line.
The Women's Studies is virtually the same thing.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:55 pm to cas4t
I don't think there's anything wrong with her curriculum. I'm sure she knows it's hard to get work with that kind of degree. I'm not of the opinion that the only goal of education should be to get a good job.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:56 pm to cas4t
So is she signed up for Occupy Wall Street 2016?
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:00 pm to jbond
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I don't think there's anything wrong with her curriculum. I'm sure she knows it's hard to get work with that kind of degree. I'm not of the opinion that the only goal of education should be to get a good job.
It is a waste of money and degree's like this are one of the main reasons the level of student loan debt is out of control.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:07 pm to RTR America
Yup
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:13 pm to cas4t
This is like the opposite of the "I'm gonna make a career change" thread.
In that thread it was all "do whatever makes you happy, frick money and be happy."
Now it's all "frick studying something that you enjoy, get a real major so you can make money doing a job you hate."
In that thread it was all "do whatever makes you happy, frick money and be happy."
Now it's all "frick studying something that you enjoy, get a real major so you can make money doing a job you hate."
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