College Catalog: 2015-2016
School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS): Women's and Gender Studies
Website: School of Social Science and Human Services
Co-Conveners:
Faculty:
- Jillian Todd Weiss
- Stacie Taranto
- Kristin Kenneavy
- Current as of September 2015
The minor in Women’s and Gender Studies introduces students to the dynamic international body of knowledge and creative work about women and gender which have emerged since the 1970s. Students work with femininity and masculinity as social categories, and become acquainted with the current realities and history of feminism and gender in the U.S. and worldwide. Courses in Women’s and Gender Studies are often settings which enable students to formulate educational and career objectives based on a clearer sense of their social world, their own strengths, and their special values. The minor is a logical component of a student’s preparation for a career in law, business, public health, the social services, and teaching.
Outcome 1: A Women and Gender Studies student will have a foundation of feminist knowledge, theory and history in the US and globally.
Outcome 2: A Women and Gender Studies student will be able to explain how “context” is central to feminist analyses and perspectives.
Outcome 3: A Women and Gender studies student will have empathy for women and people with varied gender experiences.
Outcome 4: A Women and Gender studies student will engage in feminist action.
- At least 1/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student’s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES MINOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- REQUIRED:
- SOSC 223 - WOMEN WRITERS: A MEDLEY OF VOICES
- SOSC 280 - WOMEN IN CONTEMP SOCIETY
- ELECTIVES: SELECT THREE
- ANTH 308 - GENDER AND SEXUALITY
- ARHT 401 - WOMEN AND ART HISTORY (was 310)
- CNTP 323 - SEXUAL POL GENDER&FILM RPRSNTN
- HIST 231 - US WOMENS AND GENDER HISTORY
- HIST 288 - WOMEN IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETIES
- HIST 316 - GENDER,RACE& AMERICAN POLITICS
- HIST 342 - WITCHCRAFT IN HISTORY
- HIST 392 - HISTORY OF SEXUALITY: 1800 TO PRESENT
- LAWS 341 - GENDER AND THE LAW
- LITR 231 - 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN AUTHORS
- LITR 334 - AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
- LITR 312 - COMPARATIVE FEMINIST THEORIES
- MGMT 428 - GENDER AT WORK
- MUSI 309 - MUSIC AND GENDER
- PSYC 335 - DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL IDENTITIES:LGBT
- PSYC 311 - PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER
- PSYC 349 - PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
- SOCI 302 - THIRD WORLD WOMEN
- SOCI 361 - GENDER, WORK, AND FAMILY
- SOSC 219 - DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- SPAN 315 - HISPANIC WOMEN'S VOICES AND IMAGES (This course is offered in Spanish)
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- RELATED COURSES: One of these may count toward the minor
- ANTH 307 - MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- ARHT 335 - 19TH CENTURY ART AND CULTURE
- ARHT 341 - IMPRESSIONISM AND AFTER
- LITR 250 - THE ENGLISH NOVEL
- LITR 340 - BRITISH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
- PHIL 325 - SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
- PSYC 326 - LOVE AND SEXUALITY
- SPECIFIC TOPICS FOR “LITR” may also count in this category. For example:
- LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES
- LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES
- LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES
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