Gender Studies Minor
The Minor in Gender Studies is multidisciplinary and as such enriches the traditional liberal arts curriculum by adding new perspectives on gender and how it has affected and continues to affect the lives and accomplishments of individuals. The program will incorporate gender into other basic categories of analysis including the dynamics of social change, the creation and transmission of culture and the arts, the legacy and cultural construction of our physical and intellectual characteristics, and the origins and nature of current theories and social issues. It encourages our students to connect information from a broad disciplinary background that provides them with the academic foundation necessary to understand and evaluate critical issues of gender facing contemporary society.
Core Courses
Students must take the following course (3 credits).
Students select 4 of these core courses (12 credits).
At least one must be GNDR/SO 225 or GNDR/CO 280:
Electives
Students select 2 from the following or above (6 credits).
ENLT 215 and ENLT 216 courses must be chosen from the following topics, or others approved by the Gender Studies faculty: American Literature; Women Authors in the American West; Family in Literature; Gender, Race, and Literature.
Additional Requirements: At least 3 courses must be 300- or 400-level.