Women's Studies Minor

The Women's Studies program encourages students to examine and analyze women's lives and the constructions of gender. You will investigate the intersectionalities of gender, race, class, sexualities, and other identity categories from historical and contemporary transnational perspectives. Through the program's interdisciplinary approach to the study of women, gender, and sexuality, you will investigate different forms of power, inequality, and privilege. The women's studies program nurtures the social awareness and responsibility of individuals, and prepares students for careers in human services, activism and advocacy, education, law and public policy, and business, among many others.

Minor in Women's Studies (14 hours)

  • WOST 207 Introduction to Women's Studies
  • One course in feminist theory, from among the following:
    • ART 366 Cyberfeminisn and New Media Practices
    • COMM 420 Female Beauty
    • ENLT 331 Feminist Memoirs
    • HIST 324 History of Women in the U.S.
    • HIST 383 Women in Africa and the Middle East
    • HIST 412 International Women's Movements
    • HIST 415 American Girlhoods
    • PHIL 243 Introduction to Feminist Philosophy
    • POSC 365 Gender and Politics
    • PSYC 402 Psychology of Women
    • RLST 362 Women and Sexuality
    • SOC 220 Contested Masculinities
    • SOC 360 Social Stratification: Class, Gender, Race
    • SOC 365 Social Construction of Gender
  • Three additional courses from the list below (if not used above); no more than one course in any one department, with the exception of WOST. Available courses include:
    • ANTH 346 Anthropology of Women
    • ART 366 Cyberfeminism and New Media Practices
    • BUAD 329 Gender and Race Issues in Management
    • COMM 302 History and Criticism of Public Address
    • COMM 420 Female Beauty
    • ENLT 205 Contemporary Women's Fiction
    • ENLT 275 Women and Success
    • ENLT 293 Chicana Literature
    • ENLT 331 Feminist Memoirs
    • ENLT 367 Women in Film
    • ENLT 384 Romantic Era Feminism
    • HIST 324 History of Women in the U.S.
    • HIST 370 Modern European Women
    • HIST 383 Women in Africa and the Middle East
    • HIST 412 American Girlhoods
    • HIST 415 International Women's Movements
    • JUST 301 The Quest for Human Rights
    • MATH 272 Women and Mathematics: Seminar
    • MLSP 424 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers
    • MLSP 429 Latin American Women Writers
    • MUS 342 Popular Music, Gender and Sexuality
    • NURS 222 Women's Health
    • PHIL 243 Introduction to Feminist Philosophy
    • POSC 365 Gender and Politics
    • PSYC 302 Psychology of Adult Development
    • PSYC 304 Psychology of Child and Family in Contemporary Society
    • PSYC 402 Psychology of Women
    • PSYC 437 Psychology of Violence
    • PSYC 438 Stereotyping and Prejudice
    • RLST 314 Hebrew Bible Prophets
    • RLST 362 Becoming Women
    • SOC 220 Contested Masculinities
    • SOC 257 Sociology of Families
    • SOC 360 Social Stratification: Class, Gender, Race
    • SOC 365 Social Construction of Gender
    • SW 341 Sexual Intimacy and Relationships
    • SW 370 Family Violence and Sexual Abuses
    • WOST 220 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
    • WOST 376 Chinese Women and Society

Topic courses in various departments and other course may be included when appropriate.