Women’s and Gender Studies Minor
The Women’s and Gender Studies Minor is an 18 credit-hour, interdisciplinary program that offers an excellent gateway to careers in business, communications, health care, academics, the arts, STEM, and politics, among many others. The Minor is designed around one required core course which provides students with a strong foundation in the history of the field, the way that gender is constructed, and how it impacts culture across disciplinary boundaries. Further, through a variety of courses taken as electives in the minor, students can tailor their study to fit with any number of pre-professional, liberal arts, or fine arts interests. Some electives, such as SOC 350 Sociology of the Family, always include a focus on women’s or gender issues and are accordingly listed below as part of the minor. Other electives, such as special topics courses focusing on women’s or gender issues, are cross-listed with an appropriate WGS course number from the “cross-listed courses” list. WGS courses on this list are only offered when cross listed with courses from another discipline.
Minor Requirements
A minor in Women’s and Gender Studies requires the following 18 credit hours:
| WGS 201 | Intro History,Theory,Practice | 3 |
And 15 credit hours (at least 9 hours at the 300-level and above) selected from the following:
| COMM 401 | Communicating Diverse Publics | 3 |
| ENGL 425 | Gender & Lit Perspectives | 3 |
| HUM 389 | Cultr & Soc: Race/Class/Gndr | 3 |
| HUM 399 | S/T Humanities Thru Film | 3 |
| JU 268 | | |
| SOC 331 | Women and Crime | 3 |
| SOC 350 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
| SOC 365 | Sociology of Sex & Gender | 3 |
| SOC 415 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
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| WGS 220 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 320 | Contraception in Modern World | 3 |
| | Or | |
| WGS 420 | | |
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| WGS 221 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 321 | Philosophy of Sex and Love | 3 |
| | Or | |
| WGS 421 | | |
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| WGS 222 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 322 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 422 | | |
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| WGS 223 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 323 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 423 | | |
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| WGS 224 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 324 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 424 | | |
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| WGS 225 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 325 | Women and Music, A History | 3 |
| | Or | |
| WGS 425 | | |
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| WGS 226 | | |
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| WGS 227 | | |
| | Or | |
| WGS 327 | | |
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| WGS 427 | | |
Notes:
- Courses WGS 220 through WGS 427 are cross-listed courses and may be repeated if the topic has changed.
- JU 268 may be repeated if topic has changed.