Program Requirements

Minor in Women and Gender Studies

A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor.

Requirements

Introductory Course - 3 credits

  • WGST 101C - CC Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (3)

Feminist/Gender Theory Course - 3 credits

Choose ONE of the following.

  • SOCI 315 - Our Gendered World (3)
  • WGST/ENGL 214D - P1 Reading Gender (3)
  • WGST/AMST 216 - P2 Feminist Theory (3)

Intersectional Perspectives Course - 3 credits

Choose ONE of the following.

  • ENGL 347 - Studies in Postcolonialism (3)
  • WGST 270 - P5 Gender and Culture (3)
  • WGST 275 - P5 Indigenous Women Globally (3)

Electives - 9 credits

Choose THREE elective courses from the list below.

  • AFAM/REST 282P - Black Church Issues (3)
  • ANTH 227 - P3 Anthropology of Sex (3)
  • CLST 210C - P5 Love in the Ancient World (3)
  • ECON 110P - CC Gender and Race in the American Workplace  (3)
  • ENGL 230 - P1 Literature of Travel (3)
  • ENGL 261C - Topics in Sexuality and Literature (3)
  • ENGL 348 - Women Writers (3)
  • ENGL 370 - Gender and Writing (3)
  • HIST 202 - P1 Women and Gender in the 19th Century (3)
  • HIST 205D - CC American Social History: The Family (3)
  • HIST 237D - P1 The Female Body: A Problem to Grow Into (3)
  • HIST 244 - Women and War (3)
  • ISPR 270D - CC Global Gender Studies (3)
  • LLIT/LSPN 230P - P1 Hispanic/Latino Vistas: Film and Literature (3)
  • REST 255D - P2 Great Women in Christianity (3)
  • REST 352D - P5 Marriage and Sexuality (3)
  • SOCI 195 - P1 Hip-Hop Music and Poetry (3)
  • SOCI 223 - The Sociology of the Family (3)
  • SOCI 314 - U.S. Race Relations (3)
  • SOCI 315 - Our Gendered World (3)
  • SPST 205 - CC Gender and Sport (3)
  • SPST 225P - P3 Sport and American Culture (3)
  • WGST 120 - Visions of Social Change (3)
  • WGST 150 - LC Equity and Access
  • WGST 203P - CC Introduction to Queer Studies (3)
  • WGST/ENGL 214D - P1 Reading Gender (3)
  • WGST/AMST 216 - P2 Feminist Theory (3)
  • WGST 220 - P1 Women and Film (3)
  • WGST 230 - Special Topics in WGST (3)
  • WGST/AMST 237P - P3 Social Protests (3)
  • WGST 243 - Creating Families (3)
  • WGST 258 - P1 Gender in Popular Media (3)
  • WGST/PSYC 265 - P3 Human Sexuality (3)
  • WGST 270 - P5 Gender and Culture (3)
  • WGST/ENGL 272 - P2 Digital Feminisms (3)
  • WGST 275 - P5 Indigenous Women Globally (3)
  • WGST 280 - CC Gender and Identity in South Asia (3)
  • WGST 295 - P2 Gender, Science, and Society (3)
  • WGST/AMST 470 - Senior Research Seminar (3)
  • WGST 496 - Independent Study (3)

Total: 18 credits

Note: Courses counted toward the student's major cannot count for the WGST minor. 

Women & Gender Studies (Minor)


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