Requirements for the Minor in Women's Studies

The women's studies minor is an 18-credit-hour interdisciplinary program that explores scholarship related to gender and equity issues as they affect women.

The women's studies minor requires WMST 200, "Introduction to Women's Studies." This course provides students with insight into the scholarship and issues of this relatively new academic field. (Please note: WMST 400 is no longer required for the minor)

Required________________________________Credit Hours
WMST 200___________________________________ 3

Choose five of the following:____________________ 15
ANTH 370: Topics in the Anthropology of Gender
ECON 306: Economics of Women and the Family
HIST 320: Women in United States History
HIST 321: European Women's History
HIST 327: Technology in America*
HIST 379: Family and Gender in East Asia
HIST 466: The Family, 1400-1800
PSYCH 310: The Psychology of Women
REL 315: Women and Religion
SOCI 337: Sociology of Gender
SOCI 339: Sociology of Women

WMST 300: Special Topics in Women's Studies
WMST/JUST 341: Gender and Justice
WMST/SCOM 348: Communication and Gender
WMST/PHIL 350: Philosophy of Feminism
WMST/ENG 367: Women's Poetry
WMST/ENG 368: Women's Fiction
WMST/ENG 370: Exploring Gay and Lesbian Literature

WMST 400: Issues and Research in Women's Studies
WMST/SCOM/WRIT 420: Feminist Rhetorics
WMST/ENG 466: Studies in Women's Literature
WMST/ENG 467: Feminist Literary Theory
WMST 490: Independent Study in Women's Studies
WMST 492: Internship in Women's Studies
WMST 495: Special Topics in Women's Studies
_____________________________________________ 18 (total)

*If research project addresses issue of gender