Minor Course Requirements

The Gender Studies minor requires 18 to 24 credits in designated interdisciplinary courses, with six credits taken at the 300 level or above.  Gender Studies may also be taken as a concentration in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts major.  Students may take courses within their major and designate them for the Gender Studies Minor provided that the total number of credits in their major does not exceed 45 of the 120-credit minimum required for graduation.

Note: The Introduction to Gender Studies (59.204 and 59.205) varies according to the department in which it is taught.

Gender Studies Courses

Please note that new courses are approved each semester and not all of the courses below are offered every semester.

Click on available links for course syllabi.  Course descriptions may be found in the undergraduate catalog by linking to the appropriate department.

Legal Studies
41.376 - Family Law
41.381 - Women & the Law

English
42.240 Literature and Women
42.241 Women in Film
42.243 Contemporary Women Writers
42.244 Women in Early Modern Culture
42.247 Gay/Lesbian Literature
42.257 The Family in Literature
42.328 Writing About Women
42.335 American Women Novelists
42.342 Women Writers and the Past
42.345 Female English Novelists

History
43.207 Women in China
43.228 Women in European History
43.270 Women in American History
43.319 Women, Gender, and Science
43.380 Work and Society

Criminal Justice
44.360 Gender, Race, and Crime
44.477 Intimate Partner Violence

Philosophy
45.306 - Feminist Theory and Politics

Political Science
46.225 Gender, Culture, and Politics
46.320 Gender & Political Theory
46.326 Gender, Law, and Politics
46.327 Dynamics of Sexual Politics
46.330 Topics in the Hist. of Feminist Thought
46.336 Privacy in Politics
46.402 Women in Islam

Psychology
47.335 Psychology and Women
47.351 Human Sexuality
47.523 Women in the Community

Sociology
48.231 Sociology of the Family
48.305 Sociology of Family Law
48.362 Social Welfare Policy
48.370 Women in Society
48.410 Seminar: Sex and Gender

Economics
49.305 - Women, Minorities & Immigration

Modern Languages
50.378 Women in French Cinema

Regional, Economic, and Social Development
57.353 Managing Workforce Diversity
57.504 Gender Differences at Work
57.511 Dynamics of Power and Authority
57.516 Globalization, Work, & Family

Cultural Studies
52.330 Italian Women Writers
54.335 Spanish Women Writers in Translation
58.340 - Women & Art
59.240 Introduction to Gender Studies
59.307 Gender Issues in 19th Century America
59.308 Gender Issues in 20th Century America
59.310 Gender Violence in the US
59.311 Men, Women, & the Military
59.312 Issues in Human Reproduction
59.322 Gender, Work & Family

Music
74.103 - Gender Issues in Music
74.455 - Women in Music

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