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:

And 15 credit hours (at least nine hours at the 300-level and above) selected from the following:

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.