Women’s and Gender Studies, Minor

A minor in women’s and gender studies adds depth and perspective that enhances any program of study. Students hoping to pursue careers in health care, business or education will become better health care workers, managers and teachers with a deeper understanding of how gender influences organizations and people.

Required
WGST 101Telling Women's Lives 13
or WGST 109 Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Electives
Select a minimum of nine credits from the following courses:9
WGST 1003
WGST 103Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies3
WGST 108Race, Class and Gender Activism3
WGST 109Gender, Sexuality and Culture 13
WGST 110Diversity and Difference: Identities, Communities, and Cultures3
WGST 130Rebel Girls 13
WGST 141Masculinities3
WGST 190Introduction to Sexuality and Queer Studies3
WGST 2023
WGST 204Theorizing Bodies: Gendered Perspectives3
WGST 208Sex: Power, Pleasure, Politics3
WGST 210Black Womanhood3
WGST 215Men of Color in Urban America3
WGST 220Women and Leadership: Work and Community 13
WGST 225Women, Hip Hop Spoken Word and Social Change 13
WGST 226LGBTQ Social Change 13
WGST 310Girls, Girl Culture, and Girlhood Studies 13
WGST 320Feminist Practices3
WGST 322Reproductive Justice3
WGST 330Gender and Popular Culture3
WGST 370Transgender, Gender Variant, and Gender Queer History, Identities, and Politics3
WGST 405US Latina Feminisms3
WGST 410Gender, Migration, and Citizenship3
WGST 490Senior Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies3
Cross-Listed Electives6
Select a minimum of six credits from the following courses: 26
ART 202Philosophies of Art3
ART 266Women Artists3
CJ 303Women and Criminal Justice3
ENGL 205Queer Literature3
ENGL 226Women in Literature3
ENGL 3003
ENGL 305African American Women Writers3
ENGL 313Stories of Teaching & Learning: Narratives of Education3
ENGL 319The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire3
ENGL 351African & Caribbean Women Writers3
ENGL 386Memoir Workshop3
HIST 154History of Women3
HLTH 300Women and Health3
LATI 209Sex and Gender in Latin America 13
MEDI 338Film Genre: American Directors3
PHIL 245The Philosophy of Social Justice in the United States3
POLI 215Women and Law3
PSYC 2103
SOCI 201Women and Family in Different Cultures3
SOCI 244Ethnic Families in America3
SOCI 450Seminar: Domestic Violence3
Total Credits 18
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May be used to simultaneously satisfy a General Educational Program requirement.

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Additional courses not listed may satisfy elective requirements, with approval of the program coordinator.