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2024-2025 General Catalog [Current]

Women and Gender Studies (Minor)

Location(s): Main Campus

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Program Information

All courses must be passed with a “C-” (1.7) or better to be counted in the minor.
Other courses may be substituted; student should meet with the appropriate faculty, chairs, and/or deans to seek approval for a substitute course.

Women and Gender Studies Minor Curriculum (18 Credits)

Required Courses (6 Credits)

WGS 2010 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies 3 Credit(s)
WGS 4890 - Women and Gender Studies Internship 3 Credit(s)

Complete One of the Two Tracks (12 Credits)

Track 1: Global Engagement

Complete two lower-division (1000-2999) and two upper-division (3000-4999) courses from the following:

ANTH 1010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 3200 - Food and Culture 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 3300 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender 3 Credit(s)
ECON 3230 - Gender Economics 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 2700 - Introduction to Critical Theory 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 4110 - Literary Genres 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: The History of Poetics: Poetry as Witness)
ENGL 4310 - Major Authors 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Victorian Women Authors)
HIST 4600 - Women in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 3011 - Special Topics: Philosophy of _______ 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Philosophy of Feminism)
SOC 3200 - Global Popular Culture 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3220 - Human Trafficking 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3370 - Gender and Society in Global Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
SOC 4500 - Global Issues in Sociology 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 4314 - Latin American Women: Literature, Film, and Culture 3 Credit(s)
SW 3370 - Diverse Individuals and Families in Societal Contexts 3 Credit(s)

Track 2: Social Dynamics

Complete two lower-division (1000-2999) and two upper-division (3000-4999) courses from the following:

ANTH 1010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 3300 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender 3 Credit(s)
CJ 3520 - Gender and Crime 3 Credit(s)
COMM 2110 - Communication in Human Interactions 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4600 - Topics in Communication 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Communication & Popular Culture)
ENGL 4210 - Literary History 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: American Women Writers)
HIST 4760 - The History of Gender in Early America to 1865 3 Credit(s)
HIST 4780 - The History of Gender in America Since 1865 3 Credit(s)
HSS 1120 - Living in a Globalized World 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 3011 - Special Topics: Philosophy of _______ 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Philosophy of Feminism)
POLS 3500 - Identity Politics 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3130 - Gender and Work 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3200 - Global Popular Culture 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3220 - Human Trafficking 3 Credit(s)
SOC 2600 - Marriage and Family 3 Credit(s)
SUU 2250 - Integrated HU & LS: Variable Topics 6 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Western Women and Medicine) (counts as two lower-division courses)
SW 3370 - Diverse Individuals and Families in Societal Contexts 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits, Minor: 18

Program Learning Outcomes

Understand the interdisciplinary nature of feminist and gender scholarship.
Learn major feminist theories, debates, and methodologies.
Learn to analyze issues pertaining to women and gender issues from multi-cultural, intersectional, and transnational contexts.
Critically analyze how gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity/cultural background, social class, nationality, and citizenship intersect and create different experiences for different groups of people around the world.
Recognize the roles and ramifications of human/women agency and activism locally and globally.
Learn to reflect and interpret everyday lived experiences from feminist and gender perspectives.

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