Women's/Gender Studies Minor
Requirements:
A W/GS minor requires a total of 20 credit hours:
- WG300 Current Controversies in Feminism (offered every spring): 4 hours
- 16 hours from a variety of courses, including, but not limited to, the following:
ARH 320-WG: Issues in Contemporary Art
This course considers the visual arts with a focus on the period from 1960
to the present. The art of this period challenges both most viewers'
expectations of art and the history of art itself, including the previous
500 years of actively sexist theory and practice. WG students will learn
how feminist and queer theory are used to alter not just how art is made,
who makes it, and what it means, but also how we view the contemporary world
more broadly.
ART 376-WG: Gender & Art History
ECO 317-WG: Gender and Development
ENG 333-WG: Women in Literature
ENG 356-WG: The Novel: British Women Writers
ENG 361-WG: Gender Issues in Cinema
GST 270-WG: Women and Men in Society
This course examines the major issues that affect women and men today from a feminist perspective. Interdisciplinary synthesis of theories, methods and materials from sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, history, religion, and political science will be emphasized. The course serves as an introduction to women's/gender studies.
GST 345-WG: Gender Issues in Education
GST 338-WG: American Adolescence
GST 361-WG: WG Sex and Society
GST 369-WG: Men and Masculinity
HST 467-WG: Gender & Sexuality US History
MUS 469-WG: Women in Music
PHL 345-WG: Feminist Philosophy
PHL 370-WG: Philosophy of the Body
PSY 215-WG Psychology of Personal Relationships
PSY 315-WG: Psychology of Sex and Gender
This course focuses on the psychology of sex and gender from a feminist perspective and is organized around four themes: gender as a social construction, the importance of language and the power to name, class and cultural diversity, and knowledge as a source of social change.
PSY 367-WG Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality
REL 343 Women, Violence, & Resistance
SOC 311-WG: Sociology of Families
This course provides an investigation of the family as an institution in societies, focusing on the development and current patterns of the American family. Specific topics include social class differences, racial and ethnic variations, premarital patterns, marital interaction, family problems and the future prospects for the family.
SOC 389-WG: Women, Culture, & The World
SOC 345-WG: Sociocultural Perspectives on Gender
WGS 371: Special Topics in Women's/Gender Studies
WGS 371-379 Special Topics in Women's/Gender
Studies
WGS 461-469 Seminars in Various Topics
WGS 481 Internship (1-4 hours) or discipline-specific
internship
WGS 491 Independent Study (1-4 hours)
** Courses cross-listed with disciplines will be offered
with a WG suffix or a statement in the course description.
Declare a Women's/Gender Studies
Minor:
If you are interested in becoming a Women's/Gender
Studies minor, declare your minor early so as to take
advantage of all the program has to offer. Simply print out
and complete the attached form (
Minor Declaration Form).
