Requirements

Study of the world’s cultures and societies benefits from deeper understanding of people as gendered beings and analysis of the ways gender identities are formed.

Minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

No major is currently available. Courses taken Pass-NoPass may count towards the minor in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, as long as the grade originally earned in the class is “C-” or better.

Requirements for the Minor:

At least 6 credits

  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 110: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
  • 5 additional courses chosen from a list of approved courses – no more than 2 courses may come from the same department and at least 1 course must be at 300-level or above. 
    • African American Studies 305: Women and Gender in Hip Hop
    • Art History 325: Women, Art, and Society
    • Art History 326: Gender, Identity, and Modern Art
    • Art History 380: Renaissance Art and Domesticity
    • Chemistry 104: Chemistry of Health and Reproduction
    • Communication 283: Race, Class, Gender, and the Media
    • Communication 370: Feminism and Pop Culture
    • Communication 382: Women’s Rhetoric and the Feminist Critique
    • Education 346: Africa in Films: Gender, Education, and Development
    • English 225: Women and Literature
    • English 267: BFFs: Female Friendship in the Time of Girls
    • English 336: British Women Writers
    • English 351: Gender and Literature
    • English 403: Emily Dickinson
    • Entrepreneurship & Innovation 340: Inclusive Innovation
    • Ethics Center 252: Dialogue: Gender Identity (0.50 credits)
    • French 265: Feminist Voices of the Francophone World (taught in English)
    • History 275: Black Her-Story
    • History 282: The Pre-Modern Body
    • History 288: Women in Modern History
    • History 338: Literature and Society in Russia
    • History 364: Topics in Gender and History
    • Literatures and Cultures in Translation 224: Decoding the Feminine: 'Artificial' Intelligence, Robots, and Gender
    • Philosophy 200: Philosophy and Gender
    • Philosophy 265: Philosophy of Love and Emotion
    • Philosophy 301: Romantic Comedies and Philosophy of Love
    • Philosophy 365: Race, Gender & Sexual Orientation
    • Politics 213: Women, Institutions, and Politics
    • Politics 223: LGBTQ Politics
    • Politics 238: Jane Addams
    • Politics 251: Family Structure and Political Theory
    • Politics 344: Gender and Sexuality in International Relations
    • Psychology 206: Human Sexuality
    • Psychology 210: Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence
    • Psychology 211: Adulthood and Aging
    • Psychology 340: Psychology of Sex and Gender
    • Religion 226: Religion and Gender in South Asia
    • Religion 275: Female Religious Images in the West
    • Religion 276: Female Religious Images in Asia
    • Sociology & Anthropology 253: Family and Kinship
    • Sociology & Anthropology 280: Gender, Culture, and Society
    • Sociology & Anthropology 285: Sexuality and Society
    • Sociology & Anthropology 362: Love in a Time of Capitalism
    • Sociology & Anthropology 372: Queer Theory
    • Spanish 237: Identity and Memory in Contemporary Spanish Film
    • Spanish 375: Queer Iberia: Activism, Identities, and Origins
    • Spanish 340: Feminist Voices in Spanish Literature and Culture
    • Spanish 400: Women’s Voices in Latin America
    • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 207: Food, Fat and Culture
    • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 228: Women Writing Women
    • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 300: Feminist Controversies
    • an internship or independent research project may count for one of the courses