Academic Catalog

Women’s and Gender Studies / Minor

Program: WOMG

Minor Credit Hours: 18

Minor Requirements

Required Courses
SOCI 10800Introduction to Women's Studies3
SOCI 38800Women's Studies Capstone Seminar3
Select four electives 112
Regularly offered courses that fulfill electives for the Women’s Studies minor:
Interpersonal Communication
Domestic Violence
U.S. Women's History
Philosophical Issues in Race and Gender
Women and Politics
Psychology of Women
Human Sexuality
Women and Leadership
Marriage and Families
Sociology of Latinas/os in the United States
Sociology of Gender
Cultural Humility and Social Power
Women and Religion
Women Writers
Sex, Race, and Power in Pop Music
ST: Religion and the Body
Total Hours18
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  • It is required that at least one of the electives be from a discipline other than Sociology.
  • Students are encouraged to take electives from at least three different disciplines.
  • It is strongly recommended that at least one elective focus substantially on marginalized women (e.g., ENGL 33700 Women Writers, MUSC 11550 Sex, Race, and Power in Pop Music, PHIL 22500 Philosophical Issues in Race and Gender, THEO 23600 Women and Religion, THEO 42011 ST: Religion and the Body, SOCI 22000 Marriage and Families, SOCI 31500 Sociology of Latinas/os in the United States, SOCI 37000 Sociology of Gender). 
  • Courses not included in this list (e.g., ENGL 22100 The Experience of Literature: Latinx Literatures & Experience, PHIL 11200 Philosophy for Self Care ) may be considered for inclusion toward a minor when a significant course project covers women's and gender studies topics. This exception must be confirmed in writing by the student's minor advisor and the course instructor.