What does the Gender Studies Minor require?

Students must take:

• One of the following courses: PSY 355, PSY 356, SOC 290, or GST 170: Sex, Gender and Self
• Fifteen hours additional course work, with at least three credit hours in each of the following areas:

Arts and Letters

• ART 378: Women in Art
• COM 307: Gender and Communication
• ENG 380: Introduction to Women's Literature
• ENG 580: Gender Issues in Language and Literature

Humanities and Public Affairs

• CAS 410:  Crime, Justice and Gender
• ECO 315: Economics of Gender
• HST 319: Women in American History to 1870
• HST 320: Women in American History since 1870
• HST 321: Women in Western Civilization
• HST 322: Women in U. S. History
• HST 323: Women in Africa
• PHI 319: Feminist Philosophy
• PLS 319: Women in Politics
• PLS 517: Civil Rights and Liberties in the American Constitutional System
• REL 370: Women in Religion
• SOC 290: Sociology of Gender Roles

Health and Human Services

• GER 320: Gender Issues in Later Life
• NUR 327: Issues in Women's Health
• PED 402: Women in Sport
• PED 405: Gender in Sport
• PSY 355: Psychology of Women
• PSY 356: Psychology of the Men
• SWK 320: Services for Women

A maximum of three hours credit from variable content/special topic courses may be applied to the minor. Such courses might include:

• ANT 397 TOPICS: Gender and Culture
• COM 397 TOPICS: Gender and Communication
• MUS 399 TOPICS: Women in Music

A minimum grade point of 2.50 in all courses count toward the minor.