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GEND - Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
General Program Information
Program Title
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Degree Designation
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Minor
Program Learning Goals in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Students who complete a major or minor will be able to:
Articulate a critical understanding of the impact of gender and sexuality within their own lives.
Describe how constructions of gender/sexuality have socially, historically, and globally shaped the experiences of both women and men.
Describe the importance within people’s lives of the intersections of gender and sexuality with other social hierarchies such as race, ethnicity, class, religion, and disability.
Analyze gender and sexuality using interdisciplinary and feminist theories, methodologies, and paradigms.
Identify ethical and social justice dimensions and implications within the study of gender/sexuality.
Demonstrate the development of knowledge and skills to deal positively with gender and sexuality-based inequality within their communities.
Minor Requirements
18 credit hours, including:
GEND 101 | INTRODUCTION TO GENDER STUDIES | 3 |
Additional Requirements
Complete one course from Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 below (9 cr.). Complete any other two additional courses (6 cr.) from the approved list. Of the 18 total credit hours, at least 6 should be from the humanities and at least 6 from the social or natural sciences.
Group 1: Core Gender courses:
EN 491 | FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM | 3 |
PL 330 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
SC 115 | MASCULINITIES | 3 |
SC 320 | SEX AND GENDER | 3 |
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HS 242 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 259 | WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
Group 2: Core Sexuality courses:
HS 162 | SEXUALITY IN AMERICA | 3 |
PL 388 | PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND SEX | 3 |
SC 315 | SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
TRS 364 | CHRISTIAN SEXUALITY | 3 |
Group 3: Global/Diversity courses:
HS 242 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 259 | WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 310 | WOMEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1500 | 3 |
HS 372 | RACE AND GENDER IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
IC 163 | ITALIAN WOMEN AND SOCIETY | 3 |
PL 330 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
PL 390 | PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM | 3 |
PS 342 | PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE | 3 |
SC 255 | PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
SC 353 | LATINA/O TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | 3 |
SP 399 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 1 to 3 |
HS 259, PL 330: These courses may be used for either group, but not both.
Total Credit Hours: 18