Department Of Women's Studies Karachi University

The centre was established as a project in 1989 by the Ministry of Women Development, Government of Pakistan. For the last 21 years CEWS has had a special appeal for students from all over the country.

The first M.A in Women’s Studies in Pakistan began in 1996 at the University of Karachi. In 2002 Centre initiated M.Phil / Ph.D program.

From 2004 the discipline of Women’s Studies was introduced as a subsidiary course at First Year (Hons.) level. From January 2007 BS (Hons.) 4 years program was launched and from January 2010 M.A (Evening) program has also started.

Innovative courses and seminars offered at the Centre, and research conducted here, aims at generating a functional knowledge base with the purpose of identifying hitherto under-used and neglected human resources for national growth.

B.S. & Honors : Intermediate or equivalent

M.A (Evening) : Graduation

M.S. : Masters or BS (Hons.) or equivalent

First Year
First Semester (Jan.-May)	Second Semester (July-Nov.)
311- Introduction to Women’s Studies 300.1- (I.S) Islamic Studies (Compulsory) 300.1- (E) English (Compulsory)	312- Women’s History in South Asia 300.2- (P.S) Pakistan Studies (Comp) 300.2- (U/S) Urdu/Sindhi/Natural Sc. (Comp)
Second Year
Third Semester	Fourth Semester
411- Women’s Movement in Global Perspective 421- Economic, Political and Social Aspects of Women’s Lives 400.1- (B.M) Basic Maths (Compulsory) 400.1- (E) English (Compulsory)	412- Social Construct of Gender 422- Women Sports and Physical Education 400.2- (ES) Everyday Sc. (Comp) 400.1- (E) Computer Applications (Compulsory)

Third Year
Fifth Semester	Sixth Semester
501- Environmental Science 511- Gender & Development International Strategies 521- Feminist Research-I 531- Women in Islam 541- Women & Environment 551- Women & Politics	502- Communication Skills 512- Women & Dev. in the Third World Countries 522- Feminist Research-II 532- Women & Health 542- Women & Work 552- Practicum
Fourth Year
Seventh Semester	Eighth Semester
601- Introduction to Statistics/ Management 611- Women & Law in Pakistan-I 621- Women & Media 631- Psychology of Women 641- Gender & Dev. Planning in Pakistan 651- Thesis	612- Community Development 622- Women & Law in Pakistan-II 632- Violence against Women 642- Women Technology & Entrepreneurship 652- Women in World Religion 662- Thesis

(M.A Previous)
First Semester	Second Semester
WS 511- Introduction to Women’s Studies WS 521- Feminist Research- I WS 531-Women’s History in South Asia WS 541- Social Construct of Gender WS 551- Gender & Development- International Strategies	WS 512- Women’s Movement in Global Perspective WS 522- Feminist Research-II WS 532- Women in Islam WS 542- Women & Environment WS 552- Women & Development in the Third World Countries
(M.A Final)
Third Semester	Fourth Semester
WS 611- Women and Law in Pakistan-I WS 621- Women and Health WS 631- Women and Media WS 641- Women and Work WS 651- Research Project / Report	WS 612- Women and Law in Pakistan II WS 622- Women Technology and Entrepreneurship WS 632- Psychology of Women WS 642- Women and Development planning in Pakistan WS 652- Research Project / Report

♀     Introduction to Women’s Studies (WS-301)
♀     Women in Muslim countries (WS-302)
♀     Gender and Development: Global Perspective (WS-401)
♀     Gender and Development in Pakistan (WS-402)

S. No.	Course No	Course Titles of 1st Semester
1	WS-711	Research Methodology: Interpreting the Data
2	WS-731	Introduction to Women’s Studies (Students of BS women’s studies can take “(WS-761) Gender and Development in Pakistan” in Lieu of this course)
3	WS-741	Anthropology: Sex & Gender in Anthropological Perspective
4	WS-751	Women in South Asian History
		Course Titles of 2nd Semester
1	WS-712	Feminism and Feminist Research
2	WS-721	Communication Skills
3	WS-722	Women and Work: Strategies for Women Empowerment
4	WS-732	Women in Islam and in the Contemporary World

S. No.	Course Titles
1	Rural Women in Pakistan: Development and Poverty Alleviation
2	Feminism, Social and Cultural Theories
3	Women in Cross Societal Perspective