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 a student’s major may count in 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 COURSES

GWS 101 - Intro Gender & Women’s Studies Credits: 4
Complete one of the following:
ANTH 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
GWS 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
GWS 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
HIST 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
GWS 301 - Feminist and Gender Theories Credits: 4
PHIL 365 - Philosophies of Feminism Credits: 4

Total Core - Credits: 8

ELECTIVE COURSES

–Choose any three courses from the list below. No course may count both as a core and as an elective course. Two of the courses chosen from this section must be numbered 300 or above.

ANTH 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
OR
GWS 355 - Anthropology of Gender Credits: 4
ANTH 358 - Native American Gender Issues Credits: 3
ANTH 455 - Adv Research in Anth of Gender Credits: 3
ART 366 - Women, Art and Visual Culture Credits: 4
OR
GWS 366 - Women, Art and Visual Culture Credits: 4
BIO 132 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3
ENGL 175 - Women’s Literature Credits: 4
GWS 300 - Masculinities Credits: 4
GWS 301 - Feminist and Gender Theories Credits: 4
GWS 302 - Queer Theory Credits: 4
GWS 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
OR
HIST 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
PHIL 365 - Philosophies of Feminism Credits: 4
PSYC 270 - Psychology of Gender Credits: 4
SOC 279 - Ethnicity Gender & Class in SW Credits: 4
SOC 383 - Women in Society Credits: 4
NOTE: Any 190/390 or other departmental topics courses may be applied to the electives choices if approved by the Director of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program. The topic must be centrally related to gender, sexuality, feminist analysis, and/or women’s studies, e.g., Engl 380 Native American Literature: Contemporary Female Writers).

Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

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

CORE COURSES

Total Core - Credits: 8

ELECTIVE COURSES

Total Elective - Credits: 9-12

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES MINOR - CREDITS: 17-20