Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES:

No more than one course from the major department will count toward any minor. A student majoring in any discipline other than Gender and Women’s Studies may complete a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies upon satisfactorily completing the following requirements:

Core Requirements:

GWS 101 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies Credits: 4

Complete one of the following:

GWS 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
GWS 282 - Women in America to 1848 Credits: 4
GWS 283 - Women in America Since 1848 Credits: 4
GWS 302 - Queer Theory Credits: 4
PHIL 365 - Philosophies of Feminism Credits: 4
SOC 383 - Gender and Society Credits: 4

Electives:

Please note that some anthropology and history courses are cross-listed with an identical GWS course. Students must not repeat the same course under different subject prefixes (e.g. ANTH 355 & GWS 355 are the same course).

Choose any three courses from the list below. Two of the courses chosen from this section must be numbered 300 or above:

ANTH 349 - Topics in Social Archaeology Credits: 4
ANTH 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
ANTH 455 - Advanced Research in Anthropology of Gender Credits: 3
ANTH 358 - Native American Gender Issues Credits: 4
ART 366 - Gender and Representation Credits: 4
BIO 132 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3
ENGL 175 - Women’s Literature Credits: 4
ENGL 317 - Mass Communications: Topics Credits: 4
ENGL 380 - Native American Literature: Topics Credits: 4
GWS 280 - Issues in Women’s Health Credits: 4
GWS 300 - Masculinities Credits: 4
GWS 302 - Queer Theory Credits: 4
GWS 351 - Gender and Work Credits: 4
GWS 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
GWS 365 - Women and Development Credits: 3
GWS 282 - Women in America to 1848 Credits: 4
GWS 283 - Women in America Since 1848 Credits: 4
GWS 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
HIST 368 - Medieval Women Credits: 4
ML 308 - Topics in French Literature Credits: 4 ^a
ML 346 - Hispanic Cultures: Topics Credits: 4 ^a
PHIL 365 - Philosophies of Feminism Credits: 4
PSYC 270 - Psychology of Gender Credits: 4
SOC 275 - Families and Marriage Credits: 4
SOC 279 - Ethnicity Gender and Class in the Southwest Credits: 4
SOC 350 - Social Construction of Sexuality Credits: 4
SOC 383 - Gender and Society Credits: 4

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR MINOR - CREDITS: 17-20

^aCheck course description for minimum grade in prerequisite course(s) required to enroll in this course.

Note: Any 190/390 may be applied to the electives choices if approved by the Coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program.

Note: If a course is used to fulfill the Core requirements it may not be taken to fulfill GWS electives.

Note: Topics courses may count when the specific topic offered in a particular term is approved by the GWS Coordinator. The topic must be centrally related to gender, sexuality, feminist analysis, and/or women’s studies, e.g., ENGL 380 .