Women's Studies Minor Requirements (18 hours)
Approved 2003, Updated 03/05/04
1. WS 201 Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (3)
2. One Women's Studies Theory Course (3):
- WS 549/Hist 649 History of Feminist Theory (3)
- WS 560/AAAS 560 Race, Gender, and Post-Colonial Discourse (3) (Int)
- WS 580/ANTH 580 Feminism and Anthroplogy
- WS 600/POLS 600 Contemporary Feminist Political Theory (3)
- Soc 601 Introduction to Feminist Social Theory (3)
- WS 381/Phil 381 Feminism and Philosophy (3)
3. One Core Course (3):
- WS 389/ANTH 389 Anthropology of Gender: Female, Male and Beyond (3) (Int)
- WS 468/PSYC 468 Psychology of Women (3)
- WS 562 / POLS 562 Women and Politics (3) (Int)
- WS 563/POLS 563 Gender, War, and Peace (3)
- WS 660/ANTH 660 Human Reproduction: Culture, Power, and Politics (3) (Int)
- WS 310/AAAS 310 Women of Africa Today (3) (Int)
- WS 320/HIST 320 From Goddesses to Witches: Women in Premodern Europe (3) (Int)
- WS 321/HIST 321 Women’s History in Europe 1600 to the Present: From Spinners
to Executives (3) (Int)
- WS 330/AAAS 340 Women in Contemporary African Literature (3) (Int)
- WS 510/AMS 510/HIST 530 History of American Women: Colonial Times to 1870 (3)
- WS 511/AMS 511/HIST 531 History of American Women: 1870 to Present (3)
4. One Social Science Elective (3), any of the core social science courses not already used, or any of the following: WING:
- WS 333 The Politics of Physical Appearance (3)
- WS 520 Women and Violence (3)
- WS 580/ANTH 580 Feminism and Anthropology (3) (if not already used for theory
requirement)
- WS 600 / POLS 600 Contemporary Feminist Political Theory (3) (if not already
used for theory requirement)
- WS 651/POLS 651 Women and Politics in Latin America (3) (Int)
- WS 665/ANTH 665/LAA 665 Women, Health and Healing in Latin America (3) (Int)
- WS 789/ANTH 789 Anthropology of Gender: Advanced Seminar in the Four Fields
(3)
- SOC 601 Introduction to Feminist Social Theory (3) (if not already used for
theory requirement)
- AAAS 315 Women and Islam in Africa (3)
- AAAS 388 The Black Woman (3)
- COMS 440 Communication and Gender (3)
- COMS 552 Rhetoric of Women’s Rights (3)
- HSCA 620/SOC 617 Women and Health Care (3)
- PSYC 465 Stereotyping and Prejudice Across Cultures (3)
- SOC 273 Women in Society (3)
- SOC 352 Sociology of Sex Roles (3)
- SOC 617 Women and Health Care (3)
- SOC 780 Women and Work (3)
5. One Humanities Elective (3), any of the core humanities courses not already used, or any of the following:
- WS 324/HIST 324 History of Women and the Body (3)
- WS 512/AMS 512/HIST 532 History of Women and Work in Comparative Perspective
(3)
- WS 513 Modern American Women in Film and Literature (3)
- WS 549/HIST 649 History of Feminist Theory (3) (if not already used for theory
requirement)
- WS 560/AAAS 560 Race, Gender, and Post-Colonial Discourse (3) (Int) (if not
already used for theory requirement)
- WS 646 Witches in European History and Historiography (3)
- AAAS 434 African Women Writers (3)
- CLSX 315 Women in Ancient Art and Society (3)
- EALC 575 Love, Sexuality and Gender in Japanese Literature (3)
- ENGL 572 Women and Literature (3)
- HIST 533 The History of Women and the Family in Europe, from 1500 to the Present
(3)
- PHIL 381 Feminism and Philosophy (3) (if not already used for theory requirement)
- REL 477 Women and Religion (3)
- REL 672 Mother as Religious Metaphor (3)
- REL 677 Women in Christianity (3)
The final 3 credits may be fulfilled with any course
listed above that has not already been used.
6. Depending on theire content, the following courses may be substituted for the above social science or humanities electives, if relevant, by petition:
- *WS 396 Studies in _____ (3)
- WS 498 Independent Study (3)
- WS 499 Honors in Women’s Studies (3)
- WS 650 Service Learning in Women’s Studies (3)
- *WS 696 Studies in _____ (3)
- *WS 701 Seminar in _____ (3)
- WS 797 Directed Readings (1-3)
- ENGL 570 Topics in American Literature (3)
- HIST 319 History, Women, and Diversity in the U.S. (3)
- HIST 606 Childhood and Youth in America (3)
- HIST 607 The Family in History: Comparative Perspectives (3)
- PSYC 502 Human Sexuality (3)
- SOC 220 Sociology of Families (3)
- REL 374 Religious Perspectives on Selfhood and Sexuality (3)
At least 12 hours must be at the Jr/Sr (300+) level.