Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

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Women’s, gender, and sexuality studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor designed to help students cultivate a critical awareness of gender and sexuality in their lives and an increasingly complex world.

Required Courses Credits: 5

WGSS 201 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Credits: (5)

Department-Approved Electives Credits: 20

(select 20 credits, with no more than 10 credits in a single department)

ABS 309 - Race and Sports Credits: (5)
ABS 315 - Black Hair Politics Credits: (5)
ABS 360 - Black Women and Gender Studies Credits: (5)
ANTH 356 - Gender Roles in Cross-cultural Perspective Credits: (4)
ANTH 384 - Language and Gender Credits: (4)
COM 402 - Gender Communication Credits: (4)
ECON 306 - Gender in the Economy Credits: (5)
ENG 335 - Women’s Literature Credits: (5)
ENG 337 - Gender, Sexuality, and LGBTQ+ Literatures Credits: (5)
HIST 334 - History of Gender and Sexuality in Africa from Pre-colonial Times to the Present Credits: (5)
HIST 469 - History of Russian and Soviet Women Credits: (5)
HIST 484 - Gender and History in Modern Asia Credits: (5)
IDS 323 - Dangerous Women: Mad, Bad or Misunderstood Credits: (5)
IDS 369 - Living Voices of America: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Indigenous Women in the U.S. Credits: (5)
LAJ 403 - Sexual Minorities, the Law, and Justice Credits: (4)
LAJ 453 - Domestic Violence Issues Credits: (4)
LLAS 302 - Chicana/Latina Feminist Voices in the U.S. Credits: (5)
PHIL 310 - Sexual and Reproductive Ethics Credits: (5)
PHIL 325 - Women and Philosophy Credits: (5)
POSC 311 - Women and Politics Credits: (5)
PSY 312 - Queer Theory and Sexuality Credits: (4)
PSY 483 - Psychology of Gender Credits: (4)
PUBH 420 - Women’s Health Issues Credits: (4)
PUBH 421 - Maternal and Child Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 448 - Sexual Health Credits: (4)
SOC 348 - Women and Crime Credits: (5)
SOC 356 - Sociology of Gender Credits: (5)
SOC 357 - Sociology of Families Credits: (5)
SOC 358 - Sociology of Sexualities Credits: (5)
SOC 359 - U.S. Feminist Movements Credits: (5)
TH 377 - Staging Gender Credits: (5)
WGSS 250 - Introduction to Queer Studies Credits: (5)
WGSS 326 - Intersections of Gender, Race, Class, and Sexualities Credits: (5)
WGSS 340 - Gender and Sexuality in a Global Context Credits: (5)
WGSS 351 - Feminist Theory Credits: (5)
WGSS 490 - Cooperative Education Credits: (1-12)

Total Credits: 25

College and Department Information

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
College of the Sciences

Online Availability
The program does not have a designated online only option.

Program Codes
WGSSMIN, WGSSMINP