Requirements for the Minor in Women's Studies

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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
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 America*
HIST 379: Family and Gender in East Asia
HIST 466: The Family, 1400-1800
JUST/WMST 341: Gender and Justice
PHIL/WMST 350: Philosophy of Feminism
PSYCH 310: The Psychology of Women and Gender
REL 315: Women and Religion
SCOM/WMST 348: Communication and Gender
SCOM/WRIT/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
_____________________________________________ 18 (total)

*If research project addresses issue of gender