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Women’s Studies Minor (15 Credits)

Along with consideration of women’s histories and activism, society’s understandings of gender and identity, comprise the subject matter for Women’s Studies. The student who chooses Women’s Studies as a non-degree minor must select 15 credits from the following:

Required Course

WST 260 Introduction to Women’s Studies

Minor Electives (12 credits)

  • WST/SOC 208 Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Lives
  • WST/SOC 212  Sociology of Families
  • WST/PSC 227  Women and Politics
  • WST/ENG 228 Poetry by Women
  • WST/FRA 231  Women Writers from French-Speaking Countries
  • WST/SOC 240 Sociology of Gender
  • WST/HIS  244 Immigrant Women
  • WST/ENG 266 Mini-Lit [when the topic is a woman or women
  • WST/ANT 300 Women and Work
  • WST/ENG 301  Medieval Women Mystics
  • WST/GEO 306 Gender, Justice, Environment
  • WST/SOC 310  Women and Crime
  • WST/PSY  315  Psychology of Gender
  • ENG/HIS  317  Women and Family in Western Society
  • WST/WLC 324 Literature by Women Authors of Latin America
  • WST/PSC 326  Politics of Race, Class and Gender
  • WST/FRE 331  Global and French Perspectives on Women’s Issues
  • WST/SOC 347 Black Women’s Studies
  • WST/ENG 351 Feminist Theories
  • WST/ENG 352 Lesbian Literature
  • WST/ART 355 Women and the Visual Arts
  • WST/ENG 356 Women Writers to 1900
  • WST/ENG 357 20th Century Women Writers
  • WST/HIS  363 Women in Modern History
  • WST/SOC 365 Studies in Sociology [when the topic is women]
  • WST 480  Independent Study
  • WST 490  Internship in Women’s Studies

 

*Credit for any other women-related courses must be approved through the director of Women’s Studies.