Women's Studies Undergraduate Minor

Core courses

Students must take the following core courses:

3001: 200 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)

3001: 480 Feminist Theory (3 credits) 

OR

3600: 455 Philosophy of Feminism (3 credits)

 

Electives

Electives (select 12 credits, with at least 9 credits at the 300 or 400 level and no more than 2 courses from the same unit):

Women’s Studies

3001: 485 Special Topics in Women’s Studies (can be repeated) (3 credits)

3001: 489 Internship in Women’s Studies (1-3 credits)

3001: 493 Individual Studies on Women (1-3 credits)

 

Classical Studies and Anthropology

3200: 363 Women in Ancient Greece and Rome (3 credits)

3230: 416 Anthropology of Sex and Gender (3 credits)

 

English

3300: 364 Women Writers (3 credits)

3300: 440 Women and Film (3 credits)

3300: 453 American Women Poets (3 credits)

 

History

3400:325 Women in Modern Europe (3 credits)

3400: 350 U.S. Women’s History (3 credits)

3400: 400 Gender and Culture in China (3 credits)

3400: 469 African-American Women’s History (3 credits)

3400: 499 Women and Gender in Middle Eastern Societies (3 credits)

 

Modern Languages

3580: 430 Women in 21st Century Hispanic Literature (3 credits)

 

Philosophy

3600: 455 Philosophy of Feminism (3 credits)

 

Political Science

3700: 474 Women in Politics (3 credits)

 

Psychology

3750:474 Psychology of Women (4 credits)

 

Sociology

3850: 325 Sociology of Women in a Global Society (3 credits)

3850: 415 Women in Prison (3 credits)

3850: 416 Women and Crime (3 credits)

3850: 447 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3 credits)

3850: 455 Family Violence (3 credits)

 

Child Development

3760: 201 Courtship, Marriage and Family Relations (3 credits)

3760: 265 Child Development (3 credits)

3760: 442 Human Sexuality (3 credits)

3760: 446 Culture, Ethnicity, and Family (3 credits)

 

Fashion Merchandise

7350: 219 Dress and Culture (3 credits)

 

Social Work

7750: 265 Women and Addiction (3 credits)

7750: 411 Women’s Issues in Social Work Practice (3 credits)

 

Women’s Studies Undergraduate Certificate

The Undergraduate Certificate program has the same requirements as the minor with the addition of a required Internship (3001: 489 Internship in Women’s Studies [3 credits]).  See the Women’s Studies Director for more information on internship opportunities. 

 

Updated October 2017