Women's, Gender, and Sexuality

WGSS Minor Requirements

The minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies consists of an introductory course, a capstone course, and elective courses - classes are offered in ten different departments; special topics courses, service learning credits, and individual credits can also count towards electives. You need 25 total credits to complete the minor.

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Required Courses

• WGSS 201 - Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (5 credits)

Electives

Select 20 credits, with no more than 10 credits in a single department.

• ABS 309 - Race and Sports: Freedom, Power, and Difference (5 credits)
• ABS 315 - Black Hair Politics (5 credits)
• ABS 360 - Black Women & Gender Studies (5 credits)
• ANTH 356 - Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4 credits)
• ANTH 384 - Language and Gender (4 credits)
• COM 384 - Language and Gender (4 credits)
• ECON 306 - Gender in the Economy (5 credits)
• ENG 335 - Women's Literature (5 credits)
• ENG 337 - Gender, Sexuality, and LGBTQ+ Literatures (5 credits)
• HIST 334 - History of Gender and Sexuality in Africa for Pre-Colonial Times to Present (5 credits)
• HIST 469 - History of Russian and Soviet Women (5 credits)
• HIST 484 - Gender and History in Modern Asia (5 credits)
• IDS 323 - Dangerous Women: Mad, Bad or Misunderstood (5 credits)
• IDS 369 - Living Voices of America: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Indigenous Women in the U.S. (5 credits)
• LAJ 403 - Sexual Minorities, the Law and Justice (4 credits)
• LAJ 453 - Domestic Violence Issues (4 credits)
• LLAS 302 - Chicana/Latina Feminist Voices in the U.S. (5 credits)
• PHIL 310 - Sexual and Reproductive Ethics (5 credits)
• PHIL 325 - Women and Philosophy (5 credits)
• POSC 311 - Women and Politics (5 credits)
• PSY 312 - Queer Theory and Sexuality (4 credits)
• PSY 483 - Psychology of Gender (4 credits)
• PUBH 420 - Women's Health Issues (4 credits)
• PUBH 421 - Maternal and Child Health (4 credits)
• PUBH 448 - Sexual Health (4 credits)
• SOC 348 - Women and Crime (5 credits)
• SOC 356 - Sociology of Gender (5 credits)
• SOC 357 - Sociology of Families (5 credits)
• SOC 358 - Sociology of Sexualities (5 credits)
• SOC 359 - U.S. Feminist Movements (5 credits)
• TH 377 - Staging Gender (4 credits)
• WGSS 250 - Introduction to Queer Studies (5 credits)
• WGSS 326 - Intersections of Gender, Race, Class, and Sexualities (5 credits)
• WGSS 340 - Gender and Sexuality in a Global Context (5 credits)
• WGSS 351 - Feminist Theory (5 credits)
• WGSS 490 - Cooperative Education (1-12 credits)
• Special topics courses, and independent study courses may also count towards elective credit.

Total required credits: 25