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Women's and Gender Studies Minor

 Catalog Entry for Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Students can pursue an 18-hour minor, providing them with 15 hours of courses and a 3-hour capstone seminar in Social Justice. The capstone seminar provides a framework of feminist and critical race readings and gives students the opportunity to design a research project of their choice, culminating in a traditional essay or activist project. The Introduction to Women and Gender Studies or Intro to LGBTQ Studies serve as foundation courses to frame students' experience for subsequent courses.  The interdisciplinary minor prepares students for several professions, graduate studies, or social justice work.

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Required Courses  (9 hours):

WGS 2050 - Women and Culture: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies 3 hours

WGS 2060 - Introduction to LGBTQ Studies 3 hours (choose WGS 2060 or WGS 2050)

DIVR 4020 - Capstone Seminar in Social Justice 3 hours

AAST - One 3- credit hour AAST course with approval of WGS Coordinator

Select three from the following approved courses  (9 hours):

AAST 3500 - Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 hours 

AAST 2800  Introduction to Black Women Writers 3 hours 

BIOL 3200 - Women and Science 3 hours

CHEM 3040 - Scientific Perspectives on Women's Wellness 3 hours

CLAS 3520 - Women in Antiquity 3 hours

COMM 4450 - Mass Media and Women 3 hours 

COMM 4470 - Race, Gender, and Mass Media 3 hours

ENGL 340F - Women Writers: Topics in Women Literature 3 hours

ENGL 340N - LGBTQ Literature Across Cultures 3 hours

ENGL 340R - Race and Gender at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 3 hours

ENGL 340W - Critical Studies in Women's Literature 3 hours

LING   4070 -  Language, Identity, Culture 3 hours

HIST 4670 - Women in American History 3 hours

HIST 3900 - Black Men and Women at Work 3 hours

HHP 3450 - Health of Special Populations 3 hours

HHP 4080 - Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality 3 hours

PM 3400 - Women and Administration 3 hours

POLS 4040 - Women and Politics 3 hours

POLS 4330 - Women and the Law 3 hours

POLS 4340 - Family Law 3 hours

PSY 3210 - Psychology of Women 3 hours

SOC 3070 - Families Across Cultures 3 hours

SOC 3080 - Gender and Sexualities 3 hours

THEA 4700- Topics in Women's Theatre 3 hours

WGS 300A,B,C - Selected Topics in Women's and Gender Studies 3 hours

WGS 3050 - Women in the Arts 3 hours

WGS 3060 - Vagina Monologues 3 hours

WGS 3070 - Women and Film 3 hours

WGS 3080 - Women's and Gender Studies Practicum 3 hours

WGS 4030 - Independent Study 1-3 hours

Note:

*Students are strongly advised to select courses from a variety of disciplines to ensure a broad spectrum of learning, and to seek advisement from the Women’s and Gender Studies Coordinator.

*Other courses as approved by the coordinator.