Women and Gender Studies Minor
This is an interdisciplinary minor designed to enhance any degree program. Women and Gender Studies seeks to recognize the diversity of human experience and examine the interplay of gender, race, class and sexuality by focusing on the experience of women, the concept of gender, and the cultural productions by and about women within different contexts and across various identities and academic disciplines.
Program Features
18 credits
Required courses:
Co-requisites:
12 credits of Women and Gender Studies electives:
| ART 412 | [WS] Women Artists: Middle Ages to Present | 3 credits |
| CMST 220 | GN-WS: Gender Differences and Human Communication | 3 credits |
| ENGL 183 | GN: WS: Women In Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 393 | Major Writers | 3 credits |
| HIST 253 | Women in American History | 3 credits |
| HLTH 408/HLTH 508 | Women's Health Concerns | 3 credits |
| SMGT 403 | Women, Sports and the Body | 3 credits |
| PHIL 260 | Women and Religion | 3 credits |
| POLS 243 | Women and Politics | 3 credits |
| PSY 292 | Psychology Of Women | 3 credits |
| RECR 241 | Leisure and Gender | 3 credits |
| SOC 345 | Sociology of Sexuality | 3 credits |
| SOC 377 | Sociology of Women | 3 credits |
| SOSW 325 | Crisis Intervention | 3 credits |
| THTR 320 | Women in Theatre | 3 credits |
| WMST 200 | Women of the African Diaspora | 3 credits |
| WMST 310 | Queer Topics: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 credits |
| WMST 350 | Feminist Theories | 3 credits |
or other courses in Women and Gender Studies as approved by Coordinator of Women’s Studies.
Additional Requirements
- At least 6 of the required 18 credits for the minor must be at 300 or 400 level courses.
- Required Seminar: A field experience option, WMST 487, is available as an enhancement to the Women and Gender Studies minor. These credits are in addition to the required 18 credits indicated above.