Minor in Women's and Gender Studies

The interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies minor offers students the opportunity to select courses from a wide variety of disciplines. Women's and Gender Studies courses offer students a dynamic, interactive environment that encourages critical thinking, empowers students as learners, enriches their sense of our civilization's diverse heritage, connects their knowledge from other courses, and challenges them to become actively engaged in shaping the world around them.

To complete a minor, students must take at least 18 credits, choosing from WSGS required and selective elective courses which are offered under individual department prefixes. Most of the courses that count toward a Women's and Gender Studies minor also satisfy CAS core requirements.

Students wishing to declare a Women's and Gender Studies Minor must contact the coordinator of the program, Katherine Sinclair, before completing the online declaration of a minor form.

Students majoring in another subject who wish to minor in women's studies must complete the following requirements. Other courses may apply to the minor with approval of the Department of Women's Studies chair. 

WSGS A200Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies3
WSGS A400Feminist and Gender Theories3
WSGS A401Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies3
Pre-Approved Electives 2
Complete 9 credits of the following:9
ENGL A490E
Selected Topics in Women's Literature
PSY A313
Psychology of Sex and Gender
SOC A342
Marriages and Families
SOC A377
Sociology of Gender
WSGS/PS A355
Women and Gender in Politics
WSGS A401
Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies 1
Total18
1

WSGS A401 may be taken a second time with a change of subtitle as an elective.

2

Students must select electives from at least two different disciplines (as defined by prefix). At least one elective must be upper-division (300-level or higher). Relevant courses not listed as approved electives may apply with the approval of women's studies chair.

A total of 18 credits is required for the minor, of which 9 must be upper-division.