The Women's Studies Minor: Program Requirements

Undergraduate Minor

The undergraduate minor in Women’s Studies requires 18 hours. All students must complete Women's Studies 301: Introduction to Women’s Studies, and five other courses from at least three disciplines.

The following are regularly taught courses with
a standing course number for the minor:

• ANT 452 Language, Gender and Culture
• WS 427/CJ 463 Family Law
• WS 428/CJ 464 Family Violence
• WS 462/DAN 462 Dance History I
• WS 436/DAN 463 Dance History II
• WS 403/ENG 468 British Women Writers
• WS 602/ENG 478 American Women Writers
• WS 310/HIS 328 Ancient and Medieval Women
• WS 410/HIS 477 Women in American Society
• HPR 403 Coaching the Female Athlete
• NSG 492 Women’s Health (Online)
• WS 420/PS 405 Women and Politics
• SCM 475 Gender Issues/Speech Comm.
• WS 425/SOC 415 Sociology of Gender
• WS 401 African Women Writers
• WS 450 Special Topics in WS
  
• WS 490 Directed Research in WS

Graduate Minor

The graduate minor is designed to develop the student’s proficiency in a variety of feminist theories and research methodologies at an advanced level.

Requirements include:

• A minimum of nine hours for the master’s-level minor or a minimum of 12 hours for the doctoral minor.
• WS601, “Feminist Research Methods,” or the director’s approval of previous course work in WS as an equivalent.
• The remaining hours fulfilled in electives from approved courses numbered 500 or above and distributed across at least two disciplines in addition to WS.

The courses include:

• ANT 552 Language, Gender and Culture
• WS 503/ENG 568 British Women Writers
• WS 602/ENG 678 Topics in Writing by Women
• WS 510/HIS 577 Women in American Society
• NSG 692 Women’s Health (Online)
• WS 520/PS 505 Women and Politics
• WS 525/SOC 515 Sociology of Gender
• WS 692 Special Problems in WS