Coursework
Gender/Women’s Studies Minor
(20-21 credits)
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Required Core:
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GS 225 Introduction to Gender/Women’s Studies
ENGL 270 Introduction to Literary Criticism*
COMM 413 Gender Communication
SOC 363 Sociology of Gender*
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Choose 3 more classes from the following:
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COMM 212 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 316 Group Dynamics
CJ 362 Women in the Criminal Justice System*
CJ 395 Victims and Victimology*
ENGL 236 Women and Literature* (may be repeated as content changes)
HIST 315 History of American Women*
PHIL 291H 20th Century Issues*
PSY 365 Evolutionary Psychology*
SOC 255 Changing American Family
SOC 455 Changing Global Family
SWK 256 Development of Social Welfare*
NURS 385 Women’s Health Nursing* [Nursing majors only]
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Other electives, when focused on women’s or gender issues, may be used for Gender/Women’s Studies credit, subject to instructor and program coordinator approval. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:
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BIOL 310 Ethnobotany
ENGL 240 World Literature*
ENGL 321 World Drama*
ENGL 354 Studies in British Poetry*
ENGL 364 Studies in American Poetry*
ENGL 430 Advanced Seminar in Literature* (may be repeated as content changes)
ENGL 435 Major Writers* (may be repeated as content changes)
ENGL 470 Advanced Seminar in Literary Criticism* (may be repeated as content changes)
COMM 420 Media as Social Institution* (2 credits)
THEA 450 Contemporary Drama
Special Topics courses, senior projects, and internships
Courses marked with an asterisk [*] have existing pre-requisites; courses marked with a double bar [‡] fulfill existing General Education requirements.
Gender/Women’s Studies Concentration
(11-12 credits):
- Required foundation course: Introduction to Gender/Women’s Studies (GS 225)
- Required English/Communications component: Choose one from ENGL 270*, ENGL 236*, COMM 413*
- Electives: Choose two more courses from the extended list.
Courses marked with an asterisk [*] have existing pre-requisites.