Program: Women’s Studies Minor - Southern Oregon University

Aug 11, 2025

2009-2010 Catalog

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses (8 credits)

WS 201 - Women in Society: Introduction to Women’s Studies 4 credits
WS 410 - Feminist Theory in Action 4 credits

Electives (16 credits)*

ANTH 340 - Gender Issues 4 credits
ANTH 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged
ARTH 399 - Special Studies Credits to be arranged
ARTH 450 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art 4 credits
COMM 425 - Gender and Human Communication 4 credits
COMM 460 - Topics in Communication 4 credits
COMM 460B - Communication and Third-World Development 4 credits
COMM 460C - Culture, Identity, and Communication 4 credits
COMM 470 - Gender, Race, and Media 4 credits
EC 340 - Gender Issues in Economics 4 credits
ENG 341 - Class, Culture, and Feminism in Victorian and Edwardian English 4 credits
ENG 367 - British Women Writers 4 credits
ENG 368 - Women Writers in the U.S. 4 credits
ENG 418 - The British Novel after 1850
ENG 447 - Major Forces in Literature
ENG 455 - Topics in World Literature
ENG 498 - Topics in Women’s Writing
PSY 369 - Human Sexuality 4 credits
PSY 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged
PSY 492 - Psychology of Women 4 credits
PSY 495 - Lesbian and Gay Studies 4 credits
BI 385 - Women in Science 3 credits
SOC 304 - Poverty, Family, and Policy 4 credits
SOC 312 - Sociology of the Family 4 credits
SOC 340 - Sociology of Gender Roles 4 credits
SOC 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged
SOC 434 - Social Inequality 4 credits
WS 301 - International Women’s Movements 4 credits
WS 302 - Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movements 4 credits
WS 343 - Gender and the Body 4 credits
WS 405 - Reading and Conference Credits to be arranged
WS 407 - Seminar 4 credits
WS 417 - Sexual Politics in U.S. History 4 credits

Notes:

Other SSC 399 and 407 courses are occasionally offered for women’s studies credit.

Courses from the Women’s Studies Summer Forum, which is offered through Extended Campus Programs, also count toward credit for the women’s studies minor. See the summer course listing or contact the program office for more information.

Students are strongly advised to plan their course of study with the program director. They are also urged to complete an application for minor degree status. Applications are available at the program office.

*The 16 elective credits for the women’s studies minor must be upper division. Of these 16 elective credits, no more than three courses can be from the same prefix.