Minor in Gender Studies

Required credits: 18

Three credits toward the minor must be taken at the 300 level or above.
GS 100 Introduction to Gender Studies

Two electives in the social sciences

GS 225/SOC 225 Women’s and Gay Rights Social Movements
GS 215/EC 215 Women in the Economy
GS 248/PSY 248 Psychology of Gender
GS 254/SOC 254 Sociology of the Family
GS 258/PSY 258 Human Sexual Behavior
GS 281/SOC 281 Women in Society
GS 326/SOC 326 Sexuality and Social Conflict
GS 315/SOC 315 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
GS 353W/POL 353W Gender, Law, and Policy
GS 372/SOC 372 Women and Crime

Two electives in the humanities

GS 330/CMM 330 Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
GS 250/PHI 250 Philosophy of Love and Sexuality
GS 251W/RPW 251W Rhetorics of Gender Activism
GS 222/HIS 222 History of Women in America
GS 232/HIS 232/REL 232 European and American Witchcraft
GS 319/ ENG 319 The 19th-Century Heroine
GS 370/ENG 370 Gay and Lesbian Literature
GS 350/PHI 350 Ethics of Gender and Sexuality
GS 340W/RPW 340W Writing in Gender-Based Activist Organizations
GS 305/ENG 305/AFS 305 African American Women Writers
GS 318/CMM 318 Women and the Media
GS 328/ENG 328 Studies in Women’s Writing
GS 354/CIN 354 Women in Film
GS 343/ART 343 Visualizing Gender
GS 383W/PHI 383W Gender, Knowledge, and Values

Students must meet prerequisites for courses listed for the minor. See full course descriptions of electives under departmental listings. All courses taken to satisfy the minor requirements must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Gender studies minors must have a GPA of 2.0 in the gender studies courses presented for the minor.