Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Chairpersons

Aruna Krishnamurthy

Ben Lieberman

Objectives for the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

The program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies provides multicultural and interdisciplinary courses which examine women’s roles, history, and issues. These courses satisfy requirements in the General Education program and also can be counted toward an interdepartmental minor.

Requirements for the Minor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

The minor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies includes the Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and five other courses including independent study, selected from the following courses:*

Required Course

IDIS 1000 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 cr.

Electives

Choose five from the following:

ART 3700 - Women, Art, and Society 3 cr.
CJ 2450 - Women in Criminal Justice 3 cr.
COMM 4281 - Gender and Communication 3 cr.
ECON 2010 - Political Economy of Gender 3 cr.
ENGL 3300 - Women and Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 3460 - Rebels in American Film and Literature: Race, Gender, and Class Outsiders 3 cr.
ENGL 4060 - Early Modern Women Writers 3 cr.
ENGL 4600 - Literary Cult of the Virgin Queen 3 cr.
HIST 2490 - Women in U.S. History to 1870 3 cr.
HIST 2500 - Women in U.S. History: 1870 to the Present 3 cr.
HIST 2745 - Women in Latin American History 3 cr.
IDIS 4903 - Independent Study in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 cr.
ITAL 3300 - Women in Italy 3 cr.
MUSC 3900 - Women, Music, and Society 3 cr.
POLS 2550 - Sex, Race and the Constitution 3 cr.
SOC 2630 - Sociology of Families 3 cr.
SOC 3770 - Women in American Society 3 cr.
SOC 3100 - Gender and Society 3 cr.
SOC 3110 - Sociology of Sexualities 3 cr.

Note:

* Each of the electives for this minor may have specific prerequisites.