It seems to me that a field of study should have a graduate program at least in the works before being established as a department. Dietetics, though more theoretically and clinically scientific than all other majors in the Dept of Family and Consumer Sciences, has a master's program, yet does not have its own department. A master's program would delve into research study and methods to make all the history, sociology, politics, etc. that you learn in your bachelor's program of practical use. In fact, I don't think there are any departments at BSU that don't have at least one master's program.
The thing is, we don't have the funding to have full-time staff, much less to establish a graduate program. The university does not see Women's Studies as important, so they don't give us the money or support we need to get any of these things done. If we can get together a large group of students who want Women's Studies to be a department, they will acknowledge our need and we will be able to establish a graduate program afterward.
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