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Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Minor

Lisa McLeod, Departments of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Julie Winterich, Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

The women’s, gender, and sexuality studies minor is designed to provide the opportunity for students to focus on concepts of gender, sexuality, and multiple identities, as well as women’s experiences from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. This minor also seeks to study efforts to foster gender equality and explore gender oppressions in several contexts.

The minor provides an opportunity for analyzing and theorizing about an area of important social change.

The women’s, gender & sexuality studies minor is not available to women’s, gender & sexuality studies majors.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses). Minors must take one course in each of the following four categories. In addition, two courses must be on Women of Color (WoC), and one must be identified as an IDS 400 course.

  • One introductory course from: (4 credits)
    • ENGL 151 Black Women’s History and Literature (WoC)
    • HIST 223 Gender and Power in U.S. History
    • PHIL 232 Philosophy and Gender
    • REL 222 Feminist Theologies
    • WGSS 110 Introduction to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
  • One course focused on the lives and experiences of women in different contexts from: (4 credits)
    • ENGL 331 Black Women Writers (WoC)
    • FREN 311 The Francophone World (WoC)
    • HIST 268 History of Chinese Women (WoC)
    • HIST 343 Women in Modern Africa (WoC)
    • IDS 411 Gender & Development in Africa (WoC)
    • IDS 482 Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice (WoC)
    • JAPN 220 Women in Modern Japan (WoC)
    • PSY 351 Psychology and Gender
    • REL 317 Women in Tibetan Buddhism (WoC)
    • SOAN 330 Inequality in Latin America (WoC)
    • SOAN 432 Women of Color in the U.S. (WoC)
  • One course focused on gender theory and analysis from: (4 credits)
    • ECON 441 Labor Economics
    • ENGL 331 Black Women Writers
    • ENGL 400 Arab Women Writers (WoC)
    • IDS 481 Notions of Beauty
    • IDS 482 Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice (WoC)
    • IDS 485 Arab and Islamic Feminisms (WoC)
    • PHIL 232 Philosophy and Gender
    • PHIL 336 Social and Political Philosophy
    • PSCI 305 Politics of Gender (WoC)
    • PSY 351 Psychology and Gender
    • REL 341 Liberation Theologies (WoC)
    • SOAN 267 Race and Gender in Media Focus (WoC)
    • SOAN 313 Sociology of Sex and Gender
    • THEA 262 Gay & Lesbian Cinema
  • One course focused on sexuality from: (4 credits)
    • IDS 409 Gay, Lesbian and Queer Studies
    • IDS 418 Science, Sex and Nature I
    • IDS 455 Human Sexuality
    • JAPN 220 Women in Modern Japan (WoC)
    • PHIL 231 Philosophy and Sexualtiy
    • PHIL 232 Philosophy and Gender
    • SOAN 234 Culture and Sexuality in Africa (WoC)
    • SOAN 313 Sociology of Sex and Gender
    • THEA 262 Gay and Lesbian Cinema

Total credit hours required for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor – 16 credits

Note: At any level, an internship or independent study may serve the function of one of the above courses. However, a student may count no more than one internship or one independent study toward the minor. Approval from the program chair or one of the co-chairs shall be required for an internship or independent study to count for the minor.