Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

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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 (1-6)
CLS 495 - Internship (1-6) with a focus on gender and/or women

twelve hours from

CLS 251 - Communication and Culture (3)
CLS 310 - Sociology of Sex and Gender (4)
CLS 341 - Gender and Film (3)
CLS 370 - Women in U.S. History (4)
SOC 390 - Social Stratification-Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender (4)
NURS 201 - Human Development Across the Life Span (3) or
any other course that features the study of gender and/or women
CLS 426 - Women Writers in the Hispanic Tradition (4)

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.)