Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

Requirements: 9 Credits

• GWS 101 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3 cr.)
• GWS 301 - Global Gender Issues (3 cr.)
• GWS 302 - Feminist Theory (3 cr.)

• Please note that core requirements should be taken in succession.  In addition, GWS 302, due to its theory component and higher level of challenge, should be taken after all or almost all the other minor requirements have been met.

Electives: 9 Credits

• ANT 303 - Sexuality and Culture (3 cr.)
• CRI 362 - Women in the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)
• GWS 104 - Sexuality, Power and Relationships (1 cr.)
• GWS 200 - Topics in Women’s Studies (1-3 cr.)
• GWS 219 - Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture (3 cr.)
• GWS 240 - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Film (3 cr.)
• GWS 275 - Gender in Education (3 cr.)
• GWS 300 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (1 to 7 cr.) (1-3 cr.)
• GWS 310 - Women in Afghanistan: Tradition, Politics, and Religion (3 cr.)
• GWS 315 - Women and the Law (3 cr.)
• GWS 340 - Gender and Religion (3 cr.)
• GWS 345 - Gender-based Violence and Peer Education (3 cr.)
• GWS 348 - Gender and Human Rights (3 cr.)
• GWS 350 - Gender and Science (3 cr.)
• GWS 360 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies (3 cr.)
• GWS 380 - Men and Masculinities (3 cr.)
• GWS 385 - Women, Gender, and Sexualities in India (3 cr.)
• GWS 386 - Transnational Queer Film (3 cr.)
• GWS 390 - Gender, Sexuality, and Politics in the Middle East (3 cr.)
• GWS 445 - Gendered Violence Prevention and Intervention: Advanced Training (3 cr.)
• GWS 496 - Teaching Practicum (1 to 3 cr.) (3 cr.)
• GWS 497 - Women’s Studies Internship Seminar (3 cr.)
• GWS 498 - Internship (1 to 12 cr.) (3-9 cr.)
• GWS 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
• HIS 303 - History of the American Woman (3 cr.)
• HIS 309 - History of the American Family (3 cr.)
• HIS 331 - Gender and U.S. Popular Culture (3 cr.)
• HIS 355 - Gender and Migration in the World (3 cr.)
• HIS 367 - Gender and Race in the History of Medicine in the the United States (3 cr.)
• HIS 370 - History of Canadian Women (3 cr.)
• HIS 377 - Women and Autobiography (3 cr.)
• HIS 381 - Women in East Asian History (3 cr.)
• PSY 460 - Psychology of Women (3 cr.)
• SOC 305 - Sociology of Women (3 cr.)

Total Credits 18