Gender Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

GNS 210Introduction to Gender Studies

3

And six courses (18 credit hours)

selected from the following lists, to include at least one course in each of two divisions and up to three additional GNS courses.

NOTES:

  1. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
  2. Occasionally, students may petition the committee to have other courses fulfill a minor requirement such as independent study and courses completed through study abroad.
  3. Many of the courses listed below have prerequisites, and several courses are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two or three years. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to plan their preparation for the minor and to discuss course offering schedules.

Arts and Humanities Division

ARH 394Women and Art in Early Modern Europe

3

FLM 311Introduction to American Horror Cinema

3

FRE 345/HUM 298Muslim Women and Veiling: Transnational Perspectives

3

PHI 316Feminism and Philosophy

3

PHI 385/BNS 285Neuroethics

3

THR 348Contemporary Women Playwrights

3

Social Studies Division

ANT 308Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics

3

ANT 322Anthropology of Globalization

3

ANT 333Woman, Body, Culture

3

ANT 339Anthropology of Human Rights

3

ANT 342Sexual Violence on College Campuses

3

EDU 331Gender and Education

3

HIS 375History of Gender in the U.S.

3

HIS 385Sexuality: Past and Present

3

POL 335Gender and Politics

3

POL 351Gender and Development

3

REL 328/CLA 328Women in the Ancient World

3

REL 347Liberation Theologies

3

REL 354Sexuality and Religious Controversies

3

REL 355The Politics of Religious Identities

3

REL 356Holy Violence: From Saints to Suicide Bombers

3

REL 380Gender and Sexuality in Islam

3

SOC 307/ANT 307Feminist Ethnography and Methodology

3

SOC 309Family Life

3

Science and Mathematics Division

BNS 285/PHI 385Neuroethics

3

BNS 330Animal Behavior

4

BNS 380Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

3

PSY 295Physiological Psychology

4

PSY 380Life-Span Developmental Psychology

3

PSY 390Psychology of Women

3