Minor in Gender Studies
Interdisciplinary Program Administered by the College of Liberal Arts
Requirements (18 credits)
Courses vary by semester and may be offered in the Departments of Anthropology; Art and Art History; Biological and Allied Health Sciences; Communication Studies; Economics; English; Exercise Science and Athletics; History; Languages and Cultures; Management; Music, Theatre and Dance; Nursing; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice and those identified as interdisciplinary studies.
Core Courses
Students are required to take one course from the following four core courses:
COMMSTUD 309 Gender Issues in Communication
ENGLISH 288 Feminist Reading of Culture
PHIL 408 Feminist Philosophy
POLISCI 377 Feminist Political Theory
Electives
Remaining five courses are to be selected from these courses and be from a minimum of three different departments.
ANTHRO 380 Men and Women: An Anthropological Perspective
ARTHSTRY 360 Women, Art and Society
BIOLOGY 230 Human Sexuality
COMMSTUD 492 Special Topics in Organizational Communication (Depends on topic)
CRIMJUST 420 Crime, Social Inequality and Social Identity
ECONOMIC 313 Labor Economics
ENGLISH 152 Literature and Society (Depends on topic)
ENGLISH 156 Popular Literature: Women and Crime Fiction
ENGLISH 287 Black Women Writers
ENGLISH 335 Studies in American Literature: Women Writers
ENGLISH 347 Studies in British Literature (Depends on topic)
ENGLISH 377 Modern Drama (Depends on topic)
ENGLISH 388 Gender, Race and Class
ENGLISH 481 Special Topics (Depends on topic)
ENGLISH 491 Topics in Criticism (Offered to seniors with chair approval)
EXERSCI 334 Women in Sport
HISTORY 329 The American Woman
HISTORY 469 Women and Gender in European Intellectual History I
HISTORY 470 Women and Gender in European Intellectual History II
MGMT 355 Managing Multicultural Organizations
NURSING 240 Contemporary Women’s Health
POLISCI 222 Women and Politics
POLISCI 492 Seminar in Government and Politics (Depends on topic)
PSYCH 350 Psychology of Sex and Gender
SOC 231 Marriage and Family
SOC 320 Sociology of Gender
SPANISH 281-SPANISH 289 Special Topics: Women in Spanish Literature
Petitions for Independent Research or Internships
Independent studies, individualized instruction, departmental research and writing courses, and internships can be counted toward the minor if the project, study, or agency specifically reflects the curriculum goals of the Gender Studies Minor upon approval by the advisory board members.