Minor
Minor in Gender and Women's Studies
Minor Requirements
The minor in Gender and Women’s Studies brings an additional perspective to any field of study. It consists of 22 hours of course work, including one required course, WMS 2000, Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies. Further credit hours should be selected from the WMS courses or the WMS approved electives listed below. Other courses concerning women and gender may be taken with the approval of the Director of Gender and Women’s Studies.
Required Courses
GWS 2000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies - This interdisciplinary core course in Women's Studies provides analytical frameworks for the study of gender and gender-defining institutions, focusing on women in American society. Course emphasizes approaches that study the diversity and similarity of women's experience across class, racial and ethnic groups. Credits: 4 hours
Remaining hours - The remaining 18 hours must be selected from the following WMS courses, or the list of approved electives.
GWS 1000 - Media and the Sexes - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 2010 - LGBT Studies - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 3000 - Working Women, Past and Present - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 3200 - Women, Multiculturalism and Social Change – Credits: 3 hours
GWS 3300 - Gender Issues in Education - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 3500 - Psych Perspectives on Gender – Credits: 3 hours
GWS 4100 - Special Topics - Variable topics in Women's Studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Credits: 3 hours
GWS 4400 - Internship Seminar - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 4980 - Independent Study – Credits: 1 to 4 hours
GWS 5000 - Seminar in Women’s Studies - May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Credits: 3 hours
GWS 5500 - Contemporary Feminist Theory - Credits: 3 hours
GWS 5980 - Reading in Women’s Studies - Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Approved electives
AFS 3100 - The Black Woman: Historical Perspective - Credits: 3 hours
AFS 3600 - Black Woman-Black Man Relationships - Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 3090 - Archeology of Inequality and Resistance - Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 3450 - Topics in Anthropology: Gender Issues* - May be repeated for credit with different topics. Credits: 3 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
ANTH 3600 - Sex, Gender, Culture - Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 5060 - Archeology of Gender - Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 5070 - Gender Theories - Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 5220 - Poverty, Power, and Privilege - . Credits: 3 hours
ANTH 5450 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology: Feminist Theory* - Topics will be announced each semester. (May be repeated for credit.) Credits: 3 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
ART 5210 - Topics in Art History: Women in Art* - Credits: 3 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
COM 3070 - Freedom of Expression - Credits: 3 hours
COM 4750 - Family Communication - Credits: 3 hours
COM 4790 - Female/Male Interaction (Also SOC 4790) - ECredits: 3 hours
ECON 3090 - Women and the Economy - Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 4100 - Special Topics in Literature* - Credits: 4 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
ENGL 4160 - Women in Literature - Credits: 4 hours
FCS 2050 - Topics in Consumer Res. and Technology: Women and Health* - Credits: 3 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
FCS 2100 - Intro to Human Sexuality - Credits: 3 hours
FCS 3150 - Global Ecology of the Family - Credits: 3 hours
FCS 3180 - Intimate Relationship - Credits: 3 hours
FCS 5680 - Gender, Culture, and Families - Credits: 3 hours
FREN 5100 - French/Francophone Culture - Credits: 3 hours
FREN 5600 - Advanced Readings in French - Credits: 3 hours
HIST 3160 - Women in American History - Credits: 3 hours
HIST 3360 - Women in European History - Credits: 3 hours
HIST 4320 - Women in America to 1870 - Credits: 3 hours
HIST 4330 - Women in U.S. History since 1870 - Continuation of HIST 4320. Credits: 3 hours
PADM 2000 - Intro to Nonprofit Leadership - Credits: 3 hours
PADM 3000 - Nonprofit Advancement - Credits: 3 hours
PADM 4000 - Seminar in Nonprofit Leadership - Credits: 3 hours
PHIL 3140 - Philosophy and Public Affairs - Topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Credits: 3 hours
PHIL 3150 - Race and Gender Issues - Credits: 3 hours
PSCI 2700 - Political Topics: Women and Politics* - Credits: 1 to 3 hours *Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
PSCI 3410 - Politics Sub-Saharan Africa - Credits: 4 hours
PSCI 3460 - Women in Developing Countries – Credits: 4 hours
PSCI 4210 - Gender and Law - Credits: 3 hours
PSCI 4220 - Civil Liberties - Credits: 3 hours
PSCI 4410 - Issues in Comparative Politics - Credits: 3 hours
PSCI 4500 - Seminar in International and Comparative Politics - Credits: 3 hours
PSCI 4940 - Seminar in Political Science - Credits: 3 hours
REL 5110 - Women and Religion - Credits: 4 hours
SOC 1900 - Men and Women in Contemporary Society - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 3900 - Marriage and Family Relationships - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 4790 - Male/Female Interaction (also COM 4790) - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 4950 - Topics in Sociology and Criminal Justice* - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 5200 - Studies in Social Psychology – Credits: 3 hours
SOC 5620 - Victimology - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 5900 - Variable Topics in Sociology* - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 6050 - Studies in Social Problems - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 6640 - Studies in Criminology - Variable Topics* - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 6750 - Studies in Comparative Sociology* - Credits: 3 hours
SOC 6800 - Studies in Research Methodology - Credits: 3 hours
*Topics courses must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies
Other courses concerned with women or gender issues must be approved by the Director of Gender and Women's Studies