The interdisciplinary minor in women's and gender studies explores the cultural construction of gender and sexuality in the context of intersections with race and class, global and domestic politics, religion, and critical theory through literature, visual arts, and other media. Women’s and gender studies students bring a passion for activism, equity, social justice, and empowerment to the classroom and the broader community.
I. 19 credit hours consisting of at least one core course and courses from at least two of the categories listed under Supporting Courses: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Students may take up to four hours of Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquia.
II. No more than 6 hours can overlap with a student’s primary major.
III. No more than 6 hours can be taken from a single department listed below under Supporting Courses.
IV. At least 9 hours must be upper-division courses.
WAGS-3122—Women and Gender Studies Internship is strongly recommended for all WAGS minors.
Core Courses
Course ID | Course Title |
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CLAS-1307 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as HIST-1311) |
HIST-1311 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as CLAS-1307) |
MUSC-1345 | Women and Music |
SOCI-2311 | Sociology of Sex Roles |
WAGS-2310 | Introduction to Women’s Studies |
WAGS-2350 | Introduction to Feminist Theory |
WAGS-2351 | Introduction to Queer Studies |
WAGS-2352 | Introduction to Gender Studies |
Supporting Courses
Humanities
Course ID | Course Title |
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ARTH-3341 | Early Renaissance Art in Italy |
ARTH-3451 | Nineteenth-Century European Art |
ARTH-3392 | Women’s Studies in Art History |
CHIN-3312 | Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective |
CLAS-1307 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as HIST-1311) |
CLAS-3403 | Greek and Roman Drama (also listed as DRAM-3325 and ENGL-3322) |
CLAS-3404 | The Ancient Novel |
CLAS-3403 | Greek and Roman Drama |
COMM-3325 | Special Topics in Communication Media: Queer Theory and Mass Media |
ENGL-3427 | Contemporary Literature |
ENGL-3471 | Studies in American Literature: American Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century |
ENGL-3375 | Postmodern Literature |
ENGL-4420 | Studies in Early Modern British Literature: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Subject of Sexuality |
ENGL-4420 | Studies in Early Modern British Literature: The Performance of Gender, Wyatt to Shakespeare |
ENGL-4423 | Studies in American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance |
ENGL-4423 | Studies in American Literature: Literature and Culture on the Latino/a Borderlands |
ENGL-4423 | Studies in American Literature: Sentimentalism: Nineteenth Century Literature and American Femininity |
ENGL-4423 | Studies in American Literature: The New Woman |
ENGL-4423 | Studies in American Literature: Queering the Nineteenth Century |
ENGL-4425 | Seminar in Literary Periods: Modernism and Woman |
ENGL-4426 | Seminars on Individual Authors: George Eliot and Virginia Woolf |
ENGL-4426 | Seminars on Individual Authors: Jane Austen |
ENGL-4426 | Seminars on Individual Authors: Virginia Woolf |
GERM-4301 | Genre Studies in German Literature: Gender in the German Novella |
GERM-4310 | Seminar in German Literature: Frauenliteratur |
GERM-4310 | Seminar in German Literature: Women and War |
GRST-3311 | Fairy Tales |
HIST-1311 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as CLAS-1307) |
HIST-3300 | Gender Matters in African History |
HIST-3363 | Early American Social History |
HIST-3431 |
History of Sexuality in Modern Europe |
HIST -4400 | Seminar in African History: Life Histories of African Women |
Gender and Human Communication |
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ML&L-3310 | French Literature in Translation: Versions of Feminism |
ML&L-3310 | French Literature in Translation: The French Novel |
MUSC-1345 | Women and Music |
PHIL-3454 | Philosophy of Gender |
PLSI-1332 | Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World |
RELI-3401 | Gender and Religion |
SPAN-4338 | Spanish Women Writers |
SPAN-4348 | Spanish American Women Writers |
SPAN-4348 | Sexualities in Hispanic Literatures and Films |
SPAN-4391 | Special topics: Chicana Feminisms |
WAGS-3401 | The History of Sexuality: Sex and Gender in Modernity |
Social Sciences
Course ID | Course Title |
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ANTH-2339 |
Health, Illness, and Society (also listed as SOCI-2339) |
ANTH-3329 | Sexuality and Society (also listed as SOCI-3329) |
ANTH-3331 | Language, Culture, and Society (also listed as SOCI-3331) |
International Issues in Health and the Environment (also listed as SOCI-3345) |
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ANTH-3428 |
Gender Transgressions (also listed as SOCI-3428) |
COMM-3325 | Special Topics in Communication Media: Popular Culture, Gender, and Communication |
PLSI-3349 | Special Topics in International Politics: Women in Islam |
PLSI-3445 | Gender Perspectives in International Politics |
PSYC-3322 | Social Development |
SOCI-2311 | Sociology of Sex Roles |
SOCI-3313 | Social Movements |
SOCI-3329 | Sexuality and Society (also listed as ANTH-3329) |
SOCI-3331 | Language, Culture, and Society (also listed as ANTH-3331) |
Health, Illness, and Society (also listed as ANTH-2339) |
Colloquia
Course ID | Course Title |
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WAGS-3117 | Gender Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3118 | Women’s Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3119 | Queer Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3217 | Gender Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3218 | Women’s Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3219 | Queer Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3317 | Gender Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3318 | Women’s Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3319 | Women’s Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3417 | Gender Studies Colloquium |
WAGS-3418 | Queer Studies Colloquium |
Note: Special topics courses are approved by the advisory committee only for the specific topic listed.
How to apply
Students interested in declaring a Women’s and Gender Studies minor should contact the co-directors of the Women’s and Gender Studies Committee.
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Sarah E. Erickson, Ph.D. (Co-Director)
Gina Anne Tam, Ph.D. (Co-Director)
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