Women Studies Minor

Core

• 8-10 credits

• ❑  WMNS 211 - INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN STUDIES
• ❑  WMNS 411 - SENIOR PROJECT

• 20-22 credits

• ❑ One course from each of the following areas:

• — Women in History and Politics: These courses examine women’s role and constructions of gender in history and politics:

•     WMNS 311 - AMERICAN WOMEN STUDIES: 1620-1850
•     WMNS 313 - AMERICAN WOMEN STUDIES: 1850-PRESENT
•     FAIR 311C - ALTERNATIVES IN EDUCATION
•     FAIR 362F - WE’RE NOT FOR SALE: HISTORY OF ASIAN WOMEN IN AMERICA
•     FAIR 363B - SUZIE WONG TO MISS SAIGON: ASIAN PRESENCE IN HOLLYWOOD
•     HIST 367 - US WOMEN TO 1865
•     HIST 368 - US WOMEN FROM 1865
•     HIST 556 - TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
•     PLSC 345 - WOMEN AND POLITICS
•     PLSC 421 - LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDERED POLITICS
•     PLSC 469 - FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY

• — Women in Science and Society: These courses examine social constructs and theories pertaining to women’s identity and roles, drawing especially on issues of class, race and gender; women’s work and the economy; families and households:

•     ANTH 353 - SEX AND GENDER IN CULTURE
•     ANTH 453 - WOMEN OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH
•     ANTH 553 - WOMEN OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH
•     FAIR 313E - GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES IN EDUCATION
•     FAIR 338P - CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
•     FAIR 341T - AWARENESS THROUGH THE BODY II
•     FAIR 342U - THE BODY SPEAKS: CULTURE AND EATING DISORDERS
•     SOC 354 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
•     SOC 359 - WOMEN AND DEVIANCE
•     SOC 368 - GENDER AND EDUCATION
•     WMNS 314 - GLOBAL WOMEN

• — Women in Language and the Arts: These courses discuss feminist critiques of representations of women in language and literature, visual and performance arts, and the media:

•     COMM 416 - TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION
•     ENG 309 - LITERATURE AND CULTURE III: 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
•     ENG 311 - LITERATURE AND CULTURE V: 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
•     ENG 338 - WOMEN AND LITERATURE
•     ENG 408 - CULTURAL STUDIES
•     ENG 550 - STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURES
•     ENG 575 - STUDIES IN WOMEN’S LITERATURE
•     INTL 325 - GLOBAL LITERATURE
•     THTR 428 - MAJOR DRAMATISTS
•     WMNS 212 - FEMINIST THEORY AND EXPRESSION

•    WMNS 314 - Global Women

• ❑ Electives: 4 or more credits from any of the above areas

Additional Information

Each academic year the women studies office compiles a list of all courses with a gender/women studies focus.  Detailed descriptions of the above courses can be found in their respective department listings.

Students are expected to earn at least a C+ in courses counting toward the minor.