Global Women in STEM & Policy Undergraduate Research Training Honors Program

Student Requirements:

  • Complete application for admittance to program (see Directors of GWSTEM for application).

  • Students should have a 3.5 GPA in their major, and must be available for three semesters plus a fieldwork experience.

  • Students must be majoring in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or any major in the Department of History and Political Science (HCP, POL, HIS, GLP). Students pursuing a minor in the Department of History and Political Science may petition for admittance to the program.

A. Theory (6-7 units)

To be taken in students first semester with Cohort. Theory courses must be approved by the GWSTEM Honors Advisor.

  • Must take ONE of the following:

GLP 114/POL 114 Democratization and Social Policy (3 units) OR

GLP 128/POL 128 Politics of Globalization (3 units) OR

GLP 193 Special Topics*

*(this must be approved by the GWSTEM Honors Advisor in the Department of History and Political Science)

  • Must take ONE of the following:

BIO 155 Cancer and Society (3 units) OR

BIO 167/BIO 167L Advanced Environmental Science with Lab (4 units) OR

BIO 156 Cancer and Molecular Techniques (3 units)

B. Methods (0-3 units)

GLP 160 Advanced Survey Methods Lab (0-3 units variable)

C. Applied (3 units)

BIO 194 Data Analysis and Leadership Training (3 units) OR

GLP 194 Data Analysis and Leadership Training (3 units)