Women and Gender Studies Minor, B.A.; B.A.A.; B.S.; B.S. in B.A.

The director of the Women and Gender Studies Program services as advisor for all students taking this minor.

Program Requirements

Core Courses (9 hours)

WGS 100	How Gender Affects Our Lives	3(3-0)
WGS 426/PHL 426/PSC 426	Feminist Theory	3(3-0)
WGS 496	Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies	3(3-0)

Required Courses I (6 hours)

Two of the following

WGS 230/ECO 230	Women in the Economy	3(3-0)
WGS 317/SOC 317	Sociology of Sex and Gender	3(3-0)
WGS 326/PSC 326	Women and Politics	3(3-0)
WGS 430/HDF 430	Women and Aging	3(3-0)
WGS 590/ANT 590/SOC 590	Gender, Culture, and Society	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

WGS 207/REL 207	Women in Religion	3(3-0)
WGS 327/ENG 327	Women Writers: Gender, Sexuality, and Literature	3(3-0)
WGS 328/HST 326	Women in America	3(3-0)
WGS 362/COM 362	Gender Communication	3(3-0)

Electives (6 hours)

Choose from the courses not selected from Required Courses, or from the following groups, with no more than three hours from Electives II.

Electives I (3-6 hours)

WGS 303/REL 303	Goddesses	3(3-0)
WGS 334/PSY 334	Psychology of Women	3(3-0)
WGS 354/HST 354	Women in European History	3(3-0)
WGS 382/ART 382	Gender and Art	3(3-0)

Electives II (0-3 hours)

No more than three hours from Group II

HST 221	Growing Up in America	3(3-0)
JRN 380	Racial and Cultural Diversity: Mass Media's Role	3(3-0)
MGT 357	Women in Management	3(3-0)
WGS 213/HDF 213	Introduction to Human Sexuality	3(3-0)
WGS 297	Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies	3-6(Spec)
WGS 319/PES 319	Women and Sport	2(2-0)
WGS 410/SOC 410	Women, Crime and Deviance	3(3-0)
WGS 497	Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies	3-6(Spec)

Total: 24 semester hours