Women and Gender Studies Minor

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The Women’s and Gender Studies Minor introduces students to the concept of gender as an organizing principle of cultural experience. Through interdisciplinary study, students will understand gender as a key factor that drives both continuity and change in our culture. Courses in this minor explore the implications of gender and gender roles in both Western and non-Western societies.

Study of the ways in which gender shapes human consciousness and determines the social, political, and cultural organization of society will stimulate both students’ intellectual growth and their personal awareness of how gender affects their world.

For career-oriented students, this minor will enhance their sensitivity to those issues of gender (such as sex discrimination, sexual harassment, equal pay for comparable worth, family leave) that have become increasingly prevalent in today’s work world.

Requirements (18 credits):

For this minor, students are required to take as the foundation course, either Race, Gender and Sexuality or Gender and Society and 15 elective credits. Internship or independent study is strongly recommended, to be carried out according to College guidelines. Special topics courses offered by departments also often qualify for Women and Gender Studies credit.

Choose 3 credits from the following courses:
PHL 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours
SOC 260 Gender and Society 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 260 Gender and Society 3 credit hours
Choose 15 credits from the following courses:
SOC 225 The Family 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 225 The Family 3 credit hours
CJA 303 Gender and Crime 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 303 Gender and Crime 3 credit hours
REL 381 Women and Religion 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 381 Women and Religion 3 credit hours
LIT 382 Women Writers 3 credit hours crosslisted as
WGS 382 Women Writers 3 credit hours
HIS 471 Gender in History 3 credit hours
HIS 472 Gender in History 3 credit hours
LIT 344 Love and Sex in Literature 3 credit hours
PHL 380 Women, Gender, and Philosophy 3 credit hours
WGS 210 Women’s Health 3 credit hours
WGS 450 Women’s and Gender Studies Internship 3 credit hours
WGS 451 Women’s and Gender Studies Internship 3 credit hours
WGS 498 Independent Study 3 credit hours
WGS 499 Independent Study 3 credit hours