Women’s Studies Minor

Women’s Studies Minor

Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that helps us understand the status, experiences, and achievements of women.  It explores how we create and perpetuate gendered social structures and how these structures affect complicated social issues.  Recommended for all students interested in investigating their responsibilities as part of a gendered society and in enriching their personal and professional interactions through commitment to both gender equity and activism for social change. 

To graduate with a Women’s Studies minor, students must meet all requirements for the degree being sought, in addition to earning a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all courses applied to their Women’s Studies minor.  21 WMST credits are required.

Required Courses:

1) WMST 201      Intro to Women’s Studies
2) WMST 435      Women’s Studies Senior Seminar

Electives:

For the remaining 15 credits hours required to complete the minor, students may choose any combination of courses with the Women’s Studies WMST prefix.  Courses approved to “count toward” the minor, but not officially cross-listed may be included among these electives with a course modification form.  Students who have completed a cross-listed course under its departmental number rather than its Women’s Studies number may include that course.  Cross-listed courses used to satisfy the credit requirements of this minor may also count toward a student’s minor.  Women’s Studies courses may also be used for both the minor and towards fulfilling any general education requirements.

Women’s Studies Elective Courses Approved for Inclusion in the Women’s Studies Minor:

105 Social Work Ethics in a Diverse Society (Soc Work 243)
224 Women in Literature (HU) 3 cr. (English 224)
225 Images of Women 3 cr.
240 Human Sexuality 3 cr. (Health Education 240)
243 Women in the Arts: Encounters ( Art/Music/Comm (Theater) 243)
265 Women and Religion (NW-ES) 3 cr. (Religious Studies 265)
268 Gender, Communication and Relationships 3 cr. (Communication 268)
302 Civil Liberties in the United States 3 cr. (Political Science 302)
303 Women and Politics 3 cr. (Political Science 303)
307 Discrimination, Gender, and the Economy 3 cr. (Economics 307)
314 Native American Women 3 cr. (Anthropology)
315 Women and Madness 3 cr
316 Gender, Discourse and Power 3 cr. (Communication 316)
317 Gendering Jewish Children’s Lit (Religious Studies 317)
320 Gendered Lives 3 cr. (Liberal Studies 320)
324 Gender in Literature: optional content 3 cr. (English 324)
330 Discrimination and Legal Remedies 3 cr. (Political Science 330)
331 Women and Crime 3cr. (Criminal Justice 331)
339/539 Sociology of Family 3 cr. (Sociology 339/539)
331 Women and Crime 3 cr. (Criminal Justice 331)
332 Early Women Writers: optional content 3 cr. (English 332)
334 Women in Modern European History 3 cr. (History 334)
344 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Gender 3 cr. (Anthropology 344)
345 Twentieth-Century Women Writers: optional content 3 cr. (English 345)
346 Gender in Latin American History  3 cr. (History 346)
347 Race, Class and Gender in Mass Media (ES)(HU) 3 cr. (Communication 347)
350/550 Women, Race and Class (ES) 3 cr.
353 Domestic Violence 3 cr. (Human Services 353)
357 Sex Differences in Society 3 cr.
365 Gender and Nature3 cr. (Environmental Studies 365)
366 Service Learning Field Study 1-3 cr.
368  Sociology of Gender  3 cr. (Sociology 368)
370 Women and the Law 3 cr.
371/571 African-American Women Writers (ES) 3 cr. (English 371/571)
380 Women's Health: Issues and Nursing Practice 2-3 cr. (Nursing 380)
386 Women in the United States 3 cr. (History 386)
390 Feminist Theory 3 cr. Optional Content. (Political Science 390)
391/591 Gay and Lesbian Literature: optional content 3 cr. (English 391/591)
395/595 Special Topics in Arts Hum 3 cr.
396 Special Topics in Hist Persp
397 Special Topics in Soc Sci
398 Special Topics in Env, Hea, and Nat Sci
399 Special Topics for Off-Campus Study
399 L&S Career Internship 3 cr. (Interdisciplinary Studies 399)
443/643 Family Practice in Systems Perspective 3 cr. (Social Work 443/643)
446 Independent Study 1-3 cr.  
450 Rhetoric of the US Women’s Movement, 1776-1920 3 cr. (Communication 450)
451 Rhetoric of the US Women’s Movement, 1920-Present 3 cr. (Communication 451)