Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

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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)

Electives (9 hours)

Select one course from each of the following groups:

Women’s Issues Across Time and Place:

Cultural Studies:

Diversity Among Women:

HIST 3881 - African American History **
HIST 4289 - African Women’s History
HIST 4853 - African American Women (if not used to fulfill Core Requirement)
HIST 4882 - Civil Rights Movement
PHIL 3741 - African American Philosophy **
POLS 3320 - Human Rights/World Politics **
POLS 3415 - Feminist Political Theory
POLS 4415 - African-Am Pol Thght to 1900
POLS 4416 - African-Am Pol Tht from 1900
SOCI 3401 - Social Inequality **
SOCI 3420 - Sociology of the South
SOCI 3422 - Racial/Ethnc Minorities **
SOCI 4420 - Racial Inequality
PSYC 3236 - Psychology of Gender (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.