Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

21 credit hours, including:

• GWS 100 - Women and Men in Society
• GWS 490 - Seminar

An additional 15 credit hours from the following GWS and elective courses:

• GWS 210 - Gender Studies
• GWS 220 - Family
• GWS 230 - Gender in the Judeo-Christian Traditions
• GWS 250 - U.S. Women’s History
• GWS 280 - Introduction to Women’s Literature
• GWS 301 - Human Sexuality: A Clash of Values
• GWS 312 - Women and American Politics
• GWS 350 - Gender and World Religions
• GWS 389 - Gender and the Mass Media
• GWS 390 - Intercultural Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 395 - Leadership, Ethics, and Values Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 497 - Internship
• GWS 499 - Independent Study

Electives:

• ENG 307 - Studies in Literature of Cultural Identity *
• ENG 405 - Seminar in Poetry *
• ENG 409 - Seminar in Theory *
• HPE 272 - Sport and Art *
• IDS 390 - Topics *
• IDS 460 - Seminar *
• LEV 495 - Applied Leadership * (subject to approval of the Gender and Women’s Study Committee)
• PSC 313 - Politics of Race, Gender and Class
• SPN 490 - Seminar *

Note:

* Designated Topics Courses: Since the subject matter of topics courses changes from term to term, they only count toward the minor if specifically designated by the GWS committee. The topics listed above are a sampling of topics courses approved in the past and likely to be offered in the future. The topics of LEV 495  are determined in part by the student’s work/internship experiences, and thus need the approval of the GWS faculty to count toward the minor.

In rare cases, students may seek approval from the committee for other courses to be counted toward the minor.