Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor [WGSS]

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Jena Nicols Curtis, coordinator
Cornish/Van Hoesen Trailer, Room 3
607-753-2979
Fax: 607-753-4226

Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS)
S ue Pettitt, secretary
Old Main, Room 122
607-753-5784

School of Arts and Sciences

Minors Offered

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Description

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program interlinking the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and the arts. It is designed to complement many academic majors. Students completing the minor are able to examine interlocking systems of difference based on gender, sexuality, race, nation, class, ethnicity and ability, and to develop practical and theoretical skills for understanding and engaging the historical, social, cultural, economic and political contexts shaping our world.

Our vision is to advance the field through interdisciplinary research and innovative pedagogies, inspiring a new generation of gender and sexuality scholars and feminist leaders committed to social justice.

Administration of this program and advisement for its students are conducted by the program coordinator and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Committee, a subcommittee of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies.

A. Required Courses: 6 credit hours

WGS 100 - Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (3 cr. hr.)
WGS 400 - Colloquium in Women's, Gender and Sexuality (3 cr. hr.)

B. Electives: 12 credit hours

Select any four courses from the list:

WGS 101 - Social Construction of Men and Masculinities (3 cr. hr.)
WGS 230 - Sexism and Heterosexism: An Integrated Study (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as MGS 230
WGS 445 - Women and Sport (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as EXS 445
AAS 425 - African American Women Novelists (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as ENG 425
ANT 234 - Anthropology of Gender (3 cr. hr.)
COM 434 - Gender Communication (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 325 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 258 - Irish Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 261 - Introduction to Women in Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 422 - American Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 425 - African-American Women Novelists (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as AAS 425
EXS 445 - Women and Sport (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as WGS 445
FSA 103 - Gender, Race and Class Issues in Education (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 317 - Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 341 - Gender and Power in Medieval Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 302 - Human Sexuality Education (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 369 - Dimensions of Human Sexuality (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 140 - Prejudice, Discrimination and Morality (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 380 - Feminist Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
POL 405 - Discrimination Law (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 210 - Racial and Gender Role Stereotypes (3 cr. hr.)
Also listed as AAS 210 and CIN 210
SOC 355 - Gender and the Life Course (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 401 - Sociology of Sex and Gender (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 470 - Sociology of the Family (3 cr. hr.)

Special Topic Courses

Any related topics course that is approved by the coordinator may be used to fulfill Category B.

In the past, these have included courses such as

Black Women Agents of Change
Incarceration and the Family
Black Women in Film
Literature and Sexuality
Black Women's Writing

Study Abroad Courses

Please contact the program coordinator for a list of partnering universities around the world and an extensive list of study abroad courses that engage topics related to women, gender and sexuality.

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