Program: Women’s and Gender Studies Minor - University of Memphis - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 02, 2025

UOFM 2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG

This minor exposes students to multidisciplinary approaches to the study of the lives of women, with a special focus upon their racial diversity. Students therefore take courses from both the humanities and social sciences, and study issues of racial diversity as well as gender.

Requirements

The Minor

18 semester hours, 9 hours from the core and 9 hours from the list of approved electives.

Core (9 hours)

HIST 4853 - African American Women Credit Hours: (3)
or
SOCI 4460 - Black/White Women in South Credit Hours: (3)
or
PSYC 3236 - Psychology of Gender Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3452 - Feminist Theory Credit Hours: (3)
WMST 2100 - Intr/Women/Gender Study ** Credit Hours: (3)

Electives (9 hours)

Select one course from each of the following groups:

Women’s Issues Across Time and Place:

ANTH 3511 - Culture/Kin/Family Credit Hours: (3)
ANTH 4551 - Culture/Sex/Childbirth Credit Hours: (3)
CJUS 4460 - Race, Ethnicity and Justice in America** Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4213 - Women/Gender/Latin America Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4289 - African Women’s History Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4831 - History American Family ** Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4851 - History of Women in America ** Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 3432 - Sociology of Gender ** Credit Hours: (3)

Cultural Studies:

COMM 4364 - Gender and Social Change Credit Hours: (3)
COMM 4373 - Interracial Communication** Credit Hours: (3)
COMM 4856 - Gender and Film Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 3325 - Af/Am Lit thru Harlem Ren ** Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 3326 - Af/Am Lit since Harlem Ren ** Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 4372 - Af/Am Author/Harlem Ren ** Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 4373 - Af/Am Author since Harlem Ren ** Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 4451 - Studies/Women and Literature ** Credit Hours: (3)
SLS 4125 - Diversity/Inclusion in Sport/Leisure Organizations Credit Hours: (3)

Diversity Among Women:

HIST 3881 - African American History ** Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4289 - African Women’s History Credit Hours: (3)
HIST 4853 - African American Women Credit Hours: (3) (if not used to fulfill Core Requirement)
PHIL 3741 - African American Philosophy Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3320 - Human Rights/World Politics ** Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3415 - Feminist Political Theory Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 4415 - African-Am Pol Thght to 1900 Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 4416 - African-Am Pol Tht from 1900 Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 3401 - Social Inequality ** Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 3420 - Sociology of the South Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 3422 - Racial/Ethnc Minorities ** Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 4420 - Racial Inequality Credit Hours: (3)
PSYC 3236 - Psychology of Gender Credit Hours: (3) (if not used to fulfill Core Requirement)

Note

With approval from the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, a special topics course may be substituted for an elective in each group.