Advising

Advising in Women's Studies

As the director of the Women's Studies Program, Dr. Janet Badia serves as advisor to all women's studies majors and minors. She consults with students who are undecided about their majors, as well as those who already want to declare women's studies as a major or minor. Each semester, she also advises students enrolled in the women's studies major or minor about course selection and graduation requirements. She welcomes appointments anytime and can reached at the contact information below:

• Office: Women's Studies - Liberal Arts Building, Room 35 E
• Phone: 260-481-6895
• E-mail: badiaj@ipfw.edu
• Office Hours: By appointment

Why Women's Studies

• Employers are increasingly asking for employees who are sensitive to gender relations in society.

• Women are 51% of the world's population; understanding the contributions women make to every aspect of society would enhance a student's education.

• In almost any career, it will be advantageous to be able to cope with:

  -changing roles of women and men in society.
  -an increasingly multicultural work environment.
  -and increasingly international business environment.
  -a "glass ceiling" that affects women and people of color.
  -the issue of sexual harassment.
  -the feminization of poverty and a "double burden" for unemployed women

IPFW Women's Studies majors have entered into the following fields:

• Art organizations
• Business (including their own)
• Social work
• Company trainers and coordinators
• Communications and the Media
• Counseling in shelters and assault centers
• Education (elementary, secondary, university)
• Fund raising
• Health clinics
• Human services organizations, often with women as primary clients
• Law
• Non-profit and community action organizations
• Public Relations

Student Resources for Advising and Graduation

The following links will assist you in preparing to meet with your advisor and register for classes.

New interdisciplinary courses are offered each semester in the Women's Studies program, please refer to the Spring 2013 Brochure of Women's Studies Courses for further information.

Please use the Women's Studies Bingo Sheet to construct your yearly plan for progress toward graduation.

The IPFW Schedule of Classes  lists all classes available for a semester and provides the necessary information to register online.

Bulletins for IPFW

For official answers to your questions regarding course and program descriptions, policies and regulations, services, general education requirements, and other related inquiries, please check the appropriate bulletin.  You may also contact your advisor or the Registrar's office.

Undergraduate Student Bulletin     

Graduate Student Bulletin

Graduation from IPFW

To be considered for graduation from an IPFW program, you must submit an application for graduation.  Information about the graduation ceremony can be found on the commencement website.