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)
- ENGL 2214 – Gender in the Literary & Visual Arts (3)
- AMST 2460 – Feminist Dialogues (3)
Intersectional Perspectives Course – 3 credits
Choose ONE of the following.
- ENGL 347 – Studies in Postcolonialism (3)
- WGST 270 – P5 US & Global Queer 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)
- AMST 2460 – Feminist Dialogues (3)
- ANTH 227 – P3 Anthropology of Sex (3)
- CLST 210C – P5 Love in the Ancient World (3)
- CRIM 308 – Women and Crime (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 293 – Early English Literature (3)
- ENGL 347 – Studies in Postcolonialism (3)
- ENGL 348 – Women Writers (3)
- ENGL 370 – Gender and Writing (3)
- ENGL 2214 – Gender in the Literary and Visual Arts (3)
- ENGL 2307– Transgender Literature (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)
- WGST 120 – Visions of Social Change (3)
- WGST 150 – Equity and Access (3)
- WGST 203P – CC Introduction to Queer Studies (3)
- WGST 211 – Ethnicity and Race (3)
- WGST 220 – P1 Topics: Women and Film (3)
- WGST 230 – Special Topics in WGST (3)
- WGST 234 – Social Power & Society (3)
- WGST 243 – Creating Families (3)
- WGST 257 – Gender Roles & Society (3)
- WGST/PSYC 265 – P3 Human Sexuality (3)
- WGST 270 – P5 US & Global Queer 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 299 – CC Sex and the Body Politic (3)
- WGST 305 – Women in Sport & Leisure (3)
- WGST/AMST 470 – Senior Research Seminar (3)
- WGST 496 – Independent Study (3)
- WGST 1140 – The Nature of Human Diversity (3)
- WGST 1299 – Research-Based Writing (3)
- WGST 2121 – Queering Film (3)
- WGST 2122 – Gender, Art, and Citizenship (3)
- WGST 2130 – Race & Film (3)
- WGST 2160 – Trans-Identities (3)
- WGST 2222 – Masculinity & Film (3)
- WGST 2258 – Identity and Popular Media (3)
- WGST 2303 – Queer Studies (3)
- WGST 2419 – Disability and Social Justice (3)
Total: 18 credits
Note: Courses counted toward the student's major cannot count for the WGST minor. Core foundational courses in WGST (Learning Community, Research-Based Writing, and Data Analysis courses) cannot be applied to the minor.