Women and Gender’s Studies Minor

Required Course

WGS 1010

Gender and Society

Elective Courses

The remaining courses should be selected from women’s and gender studies courses. There is no limit on how many WGS courses can count toward the minor.

• Only two cross-listed courses can be counted toward the minor in any single department. For example, two cross-listed courses can be counted in English and other departments that we cross list courses from. 
• It is highly recommended that women’s and gender studies minors take at least one course beyond WGS 1010 that focuses on difference and diversity at the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and class.
• Minors are also encouraged to study gender in the context of “developing” nations beyond western borders.

Difference and Diversity Courses

Recommended courses on difference and diversity include, but are not limited to, the following:

WGS 2010	Introduction to Ethnic Studies
WGS 2420	Gender, Sex and Film
WGS 2260	Southwestern Women Writers and Artists
WGS 2660	Southwest Studies
WGS 3110	Global Women’s Issues: Gender, Activism and Social Justice
WGS 3360	Fieldwork in the American Southwest: Classroom Without Walls
WGS 3250	Sex and Gender Studies
WGS 3300	U.S. Women’s History
WGS 3420	Gender, Race and the Media
WGS 3660	Southwestern Women in the U.S.
WGS 3630	“Changing Woman:” The Reality and Myths of Native America Women

 

Elective Courses

The following cross-listed courses count toward the minor:

Communication Arts and Sciences

COM 4520	Gender and Communication
COM 4531	Intercultural Communication
WRT 2010W	Writing Across Cultures
WRT 2020W	Writing for Social Change
WRT 3700W	Special Topics in Rhetoric

 

Criminology

CRM 3050/3050W	Female Deviance, Crime and Social Control
CRM 3380/3380W	Race, Class and Crime
CRM 3500	Domestic Violence
CRM 3900	Incarceration

Economics

ECO 1225W

Economics of Gender

Education

EDU 2130	Diversity, Social Justice and Ethics
EDU 2230	Applied Adolescent Psychology
EDU 3620	Cultural Diversity in the Schools
EDU 4683	Gender and Education

English

ENG 2750	Women and Literature
ENG 3350	Sex, Race and Empire: 1660 - 1814
ENG 3735	Hollywood’s America: Gender, Race and Class in American Cinema
ENG 3810	American Literature by Women of Color
ENG 3820	Twentieth-Century Drama and Performance by Women
ENG 3860	Beyond the Godfather: Italian American Women Writers
ENG 3870	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

History

HIS 3440	Survey of Latin American History: From Pre-Contact to the Present
HIS 3365	The History of Muslim Communities, 600-1600
HIS 3391	Women in Modern European History
HIS 3439	Slavery and Race in the Early Modern Atlantic World, 1400-1800

Management

MGT 3355

Diversity in the Workplace

Philosophy

PHL 2100W	Women, Ethics and Society
PHL 3010	Human Rights: Theory and Practice

Political Science

POL 4199

Women and Politics

Psychology

PSY 3250

Cultural Psychology

Religious and Theological Studies

RTS 2290	Special Topics in Religious Studies
RTS 3210	Gender and the Bible
RTS 3620	Theology of the Virgin Mary
RTS 3710	Theology Through Women’s Eyes
RTS 3900	Women’s Voices in the Holocaust

Sociology

SOC 2000	Social Inequality - Class, Gender and Race
SOC 3450	Sociology of the Family
SOC 3800	Sociology of Gender

Visual and Performing Arts

FAA 2500

Women in Theatre

World Language and Cultural Studies

ITA 2530	Italian Women Writers
SPA 3310	Latinos in the US: Culture and Service Learning
SPA 3620	Gender, Literature and Culture
SPA 3630	Studies in Popular Culture in Latin America and Spain