James Madison University

Dr. Mary Lou Wylie, Coordinator

Phone: (540) 568-6213

The women’s studies minor is an 18 credit hour interdisciplinary program that explores the scholarship related to gender and equity issues affecting women. This minor includes two required courses, WMST 200 and WMST 400. The remainder of the program incorporates many academic fields.

Required Courses	Credit Hours
WMST 200. Introduction to Women’s Studies	3
WMST 400. Issues and Research in Women’s Studies	3
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ANTH 370. Topics in the Anthropology of Gender
ECON 306. Economics of Women and the Family
ENG 367. Women’s Poetry
ENG 368. Women’s Fiction
ENG 466. Studies in Women’s Literature
ENG 467. Feminist Literary Theory
HIST 320. Women in United States History
HIST 321. European Women’s History
HIST 327. Technology in America 1
HIST 379. Family and Gender in East Asia
HIST 466. The Family, 1400-1800
PSYC 310. The Psychology of Women and Gender
REL 315. Women and Religion
SCOM 348. Communication and Gender
SOCI 337. Sociology of Gender
SOCI 339. Sociology of Women
WMST 490. Special Studies in Women’s Studies
WMST 492. Internship in Women’s Studies
WMST 495. Special Topics in Women’s Studies
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1 If research project addresses issue of gender.

For additional information about the minor in women’s studies, please contact the coordinator.