Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Minor

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Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses (8 credits)

GSWS 201 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 4 credits
GSWS 410 - Feminist Theory in Action 4 credits

Electives (16 credits)*

ANTH 340 - Gender Issues 4 credits
ANTH 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged (Women in Development - 4 credits)
ARTH 399 - Special Studies Credits to be arranged (Activist Art - 4 credits)
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 460A - Women Transforming Language 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
Chicano Subjectivities and the Intersection of Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality, and Religion (4 credits)
Wilde’s Worlds: 1880s-1890s (4 credits)
The Decadent 1890s (4 credits)
England’s Others: Victorian Literature of Immigration and Empire (4 credits)
ENG 448A - Major Figures in Literature: Toni Morrison 4 credits
ENG 455 - Topics in World Literature
Contemporary African or Chinese Literature and Film (4 credits)
ENG 498 - Topics in Women’s Writing
PSY 369 - Human Sexuality 4 credits
PSY 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged
Feminism as Therapy (4 credits)
PSY 492 - Psychology of Women 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 320 - Schools and Society 4 credits
SOC 340 - Sociology of Gender 4 credits
SOC 399 - Special Studies Credits to be arranged (Introduction to Queer Studies - 4 credits)
SOC 407 - Seminar Credits to be arranged
Feminist Social Thought (4 credits)
GSWS 301 - International Women’s Movements 4 credits
GSWS 302 - Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movements 4 credits
GSWS 343 - Gender and the Body 4 credits
GSWS 417 - Sexual Politics in U.S. History 4 credits

Notes:

Other 399 and 407 courses are occasionally offered for GSWS credit.

Courses from the GSWS Summer Forum also count toward credit for the Gender, Sexuality, and 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 Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies minor must be upper division. Of these 16 elective credits, no more than three courses can be from the same prefix.