Academic Programs
Women's Studies
Dr. Jessica Davidson, Co-coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-2697
E-mail: davidsjb@jmu.edu
Dr. Mary Thompson, Co-coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-3758
E-mail: thompsmx@jmu.edu
Web site: http://www.jmu.edu/womenstudies/
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 one required course, WMST 200. The remainder of the program incorporates many academic fields.
| Required Course | Credit Hours |
| WMST 200. Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| Choose five of the following: | 15 |
| ANTH 370. Topics in the Anthropology of Gender | |
| ECON 306. Economics of Women and the Family | |
| ENG/WMST 367. Women's Poetry | |
| ENG/WMST 368. Women's Fiction | |
| ENG/WMST 370. Exploring Gay and Lesbian Literature | |
| ENG/WMST 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 America1 | |
| HIST 466. The Family, 1400-1800 | |
| HIST 488. Gender in Colonial Latin America | |
| JUST/WMST 341. Gender and Justice | |
| PHIL/WMST 350. The Philosophy of Feminism | |
| PSYC 310. The Psychology of Women and Gender | |
| REL 315. Women and Religion | |
| SCOM/WMST 348. Communication and Gender | |
| SOCI/WRTC/WMST 420. Feminist Rhetorics | |
| SOCI 337. Sociology of Gender | |
| SOCI 339. Sociology of Women | |
| WMST 300. Special Topics in Women's Studies | |
| WMST 400. Issues and Research in Women's Studies | |
| WMST 490. Independent 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.
