Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

The minor in Gender and Women’s Studies enables students to learn how gendered concepts of identity shape social relations, history, science, politics, texts and language.

Requirements of Minor:

three hours from the following

three hours from the following with a focus on gender and/or women

CLS 491 - Individual Study
CLS 495 - Internship with a focus on gender and/or women

twelve hours from

CLS 251 - Communication and Culture
CLS 253 - Communication and Gender
CLS 270 - Ethnic and Women’s Literature
CLS 310 - Sociology of Sex and Gender
CLS 341 - Gender and Film
CLS 365 - Gender Politics
CLS 370 - Women in U.S. History
SOC 390 - Social Stratification-Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender
NURS 201 - Human Development Across the Life Span or
any other course that features the study of gender and/or women
CLS 426 - Women Writers in the Hispanic Tradition

Notes:

For details about course approval, please contact the Coordinator who can answer questions about the approval process. (Depending on curricular content, courses not listed in this may serve as approved electives. For details about course approval, please contact the Coordinator who can answer questions about the approval process.)