Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (18 semester hours)

All courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better to be applied towards graduation requirements.

Required Course (3 hours)

WGSS 2100 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies I 3 hours

Core (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

ARTS 2100 - Women and Art 3 hours
ENGL 3405 - Women in Literature SW 3 hours
PHIL 3310 - Feminist Philosophies I 3 hours
PSYC 2020 - Human Sexuality 3 hours
RELI 3310 - Religion and Sexuality 3 hours
SOCI 3230 - Gender, Sexuality, and Society 3 hours
WGSS 2996 - Special Topics 3 hours
WGSS 3000 - Communication, Gender, and Identity I 3 hours
WGSS 3420 - Gender, Race, and Media I 3 hours
WGSS 3640 - Protest and Social Activism I 3 hours
WGSS 4006 - Women’s Voices 3 hours
WGSS 4950 - Internship 3 hours
WGSS 4980 - Independent Study 3 hours

Electives

Choose the remaining credits from the following:

ARTS 1111 - History and Criticism of Art II 3 hours
ARTS 2110 - Nineteenth Century Art 3 hours
ARTS 2111 - Twentieth Century Art 3 hours
ARTS 3310 - Issues in Contemporary Art 3 hours
APST 2300 - Community Engagement in Appalachia I 3 hours
CINE 1000 - Film Theory and Cinematic Analysis I 3 hours
ENGL 3208 - American Ethnic Literatures SW 3 hours
ENGL 3301 - Non-European World Literature, Special Topics SW 3 hours
ENGL 3308 - Postcolonial Literature SW 3 hours
ENGL 3505 - Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory ISW 3 hours
HIST 3002 - Modern France I 3 hours
HIST 3003 - The Third Reich and the Holocaust I 3 hours
HIST 3004 - Modern Russia I 3 hours
HIST 3006 - 20th Century European History I 3 hours
HIST 3007 - The First World War and its Aftermath in Memoirs and Films I 3 hours
HIST 3008 - World War ll: The Epoch of Catastrophes I 3 hours
HIST 4001 - European Intellectual History I 3 hours
HIST 4002 - The French Revolution and Napoleon I 3 hours
HIST 4003 - Technology and Culture in the Modern World I 3 hours
HIST 4004 - The Russian Revolution and Stalinism I 3 hours
PHIL 1100 - Philosophical Questions I 3 hours
PHIL 1200 - Ethics and Authenticity I 3 hours
PHIL 2110 - Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I 3 hours
PHIL 2200 - Environmental Ethics I 3 hours
PHIL 2220 - Philosophy of Language I 3 hours
PHIL 2330 - Phenomenology and Existentialism I 3 hours
PHIL 3100 - Continental Philosophy 3 hours
PCUL 1000 - Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture I 3 hours
PCUL 1050 - Popping Culture: Research Methods for Studying the Popular I 3 hours
RELI 1200 - World Religions I 3 hours
RELI 2130 - Hermeneutics I 3 hours
RELI 2210 - Muslim Journeys I 3 hours
RELI 2310 - Philosophy of Religion I 3 hours
RELI 2330 - Christian Ethics I 3 hours
RELI 3201 - Christian Thought I 3 hours
RELI 3240 - Religion in the Americas I 3 hours
RELI 3300 - Approaches to Studying Religions I 3 hours
SOCI 1120 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hours
SOCI 2240 - Social Inequality 3 hours
SPAN 3300 - Introduction to Modern Hispanic Cinema 3 hours
SPAN 3500 - Hispanic Cultural Heritage in US 3 hours
SPAN 4302 - Contemporary Hispanic Women Writers 3 hours
* With approval of the Gender and Women’s Studies Coordinator and the appropriate academic Division Dean, various new and/or special topics courses may also satisfy elective requirements of the minor.