Women's Studies Minor Information
The minor requires 18 semester hours of credit, 15 of which must be in Women’s Studies courses, while the remaining 3 hours may be selected from a special interest or related course; for example, Black American Studies. The minor must include 201, 300 and 495. Individual Learning Program courses and Independent Study courses cannot be counted toward the minor. Elective courses should be taken from at least two different cross-listing departments. Students must discuss and plan their minors with the Director of Women’s Studies.
Required Courses:
WMST 201 -- CORE Multicultural Perspectives of Women (3 cr)
*WMST 300 -- Feminist Theory (3 cr)
WMST 495 -- Women’s Studies Seminar (3 cr, topics vary each semester)
Elective Courses:
WMST 200 – Women in French Literature (3 cr, FR 300)
WMST 220 – The Anthropology of Sexual Behavior (3 cr, ANTH 221)
WMST 223 – CORE Men & Women in Contemporary Society (3 cr, SOC 223)
WMST 225 – Women in Literature (3 cr, ENGL 225)
WMST 286 – Marriage & Family Living (3 cr, CI 227)
WMST 298 – Multicultural Applied Experience (3 cr)
WMST 301I -- CORE Women in Science, Engineering & Technology (3 cr)
WMST 307I – CORE Women in the Visual Arts (3 cr, AD 307I)
WMST 320I – Language, Gender and Power (3 cr, LING 320I)
WMST 341 – Psychology of Women (3 cr, PSYC 333)
WMST 348 – Women in Western Society 1600 to Present (3 cr, HIST 324)
WMST 356 – U. S. Women’s History (3 cr, HIST 356)
WMST 357 – Women and Work in the U.S. (3 cr, HIST 357)
WMST 360 – American Rural History (3 cr, HIST 360)
WMST 401 – Third Wave Feminism (3 cr)
WMST 406 – Family, Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Europe (3 cr, HIST 406)
WMST 410 – Transcending Gender (3 cr, ANTH 410L)
WMST 415 – Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Communication (3cr, SPCM 415)
WMST 426 – Gender, Culture, and Language (3 cr, ANTH 426/LING 426)
WMST 438 – Women, Legal Practice and Social Change (3 cr, POLS 438)WMST 442 – Sociology of Gender (3 cr, SOC 423)
WMST 446 – Gender and Global Politics (3 cr, POLS 456)
WMST 448 -- Gender and Family in Modern U.S. History (3 cr, HIST 448)
WMST 450A -- Women in Music (3 cr, MUS 450A)
WMST 452A -- Traditions of Uppity Women's Blues (3 cr, MUS 452A)
WMST 456A/B/C – Feminist Philosophy (3 cr, PHIL 446A/B/C)
WMST 464 – Audio Documentary & Diversity (3 cr, RT 464)
WMST 465 – History of Sexuality in America (3cr, HIST 465)
WMST 468 – Law & the Social Control of Women in American History (3 cr, AJ 468/HIST 468)
WMST 476 – Women & the Criminal Justice System (3 cr, AJ 460/SOC 461)
WMST 489 – Women, State and Religion in the Middle East (3 cr, HIST 489)
WMST 490 – Readings (1-6 cr)
WMST 491 – Special Topics (1-6 cr)
WMST 492 – Women and Religion (3 cr)
WMST 493 – Individual Research (2-6 cr)
WMST 494 – Practicum (1-6 cr)
*For students admitted beginning 2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog.
Updated 1/15/08
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