Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

Gender and Women’s Studies Core: 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 in GWS or other departments: 9 Credits

• ANT 303 - Sexuality and Culture (3 cr.)
• CRI 362 - Women in the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)
• GWS 104 - Gender-Based Violence (3 cr.)
• GWS 200 - Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (1 to 3 cr.)
• GWS 219 - Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture (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 315 - Women and the Law (3 cr.)
• GWS 325 - Prison Abolition and Feminism (3 cr.)
• GWS 340 - Gender and Religion (3 cr.)
• GWS 348 - Gender and Human Rights (3 cr.)
• GWS 350 - Feminist Science Studies (3 cr.)
• GWS 360 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies (3 cr.)
• GWS 370 - Women in Latin America (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 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 367 - Gender and Race in the History of Medicine in the United States (3 cr.)
• HIS 381 - Women in East Asian History (3 cr.)
• PSC 371 - African-American Political Thought (3 cr.)
• PSC 372 - Feminist Political Thought in the U.S. (3 cr.)
• PSY 460 - Psychology of Gender (3 cr.)
• SOC 305 - Sociology of Women (3 cr.)

Total Credits 18