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 and Queer Theory in Action 4 credits

Electives (16 credits)*

ARTH 345 - Activist Artists and Work in the Community 4 credits
ARTH 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits (As approved by program coordinator)
ARTH 450 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art 4 credits
BI 385 - Women in Science 3 credits
COMM 460 - Topics in Communication 4 credits
COMM 460A - Women Transforming Language 4 credits
COMM 460C - Culture, Identity, and Communication 4 credits
EC 340 - Gender Issues in Economics 4 credits
ENG 341 - Class, Culture, and Feminism in Victorian and Edwardian England 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 4 credits
ENG 447 - Major Forces in Literature 4 credits
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 454 - Multicultural Literature of the U.S. 4 credits
ENG 498 - Topics in Women’s Writing 4 credits
GSWS 301 - International Women’s Movements 4 credits
GSWS 302 - Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movements 4 credits
GSWS 341 - Queer Studies 4 credits
GSWS 342 - Queer Communities 4 credits
GSWS 343 - Gender and the Body 4 credits
GSWS 417 - Sexual Politics in U.S. History 4 credits
PHL 399 - Special Studies 4 credits (As approved by program coordinator)
PHL 425 - Feminist Philosophy 4 credits
PSY 369 - Human Sexuality 4 credits
PSY 492 - Psychology of Women 4 credits
SOAN 304 - Poverty, Family, and Policy 4 credits
SOAN 312 - Sociology of Families 4 credits
SOAN 322 - Schools and Society 4 credits
SOAN 340 - Sociology of Gender 4 credits
SOAN 407 - Seminar 1 to 4 credits (As approved by program coordinator)

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 coordinator. 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 two courses can be from the same prefix.