Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

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 3 hours
• HIST 4067 - Women in Film 3 hours
• PHIL 3310 - Feminist Philosophies 3 hours
• PSYC 2020 - Human Sexuality 3 hours
• RELI 2350 - Race, Gender, and Religion 3 hours
• RELI 3310 - Religion and Sexuality 3 hours
• SOCI 2240 - Social Inequality 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 3111 - Twentieth Century Art 3 hours
• ARTS 3310 - Issues in Contemporary Art 3 hours
• APST 2300 - Community Engagement in Appalachia 3 hours
• CINE 1000 - Film Theory and Cinematic Analysis 3 hours
• ENGL 3208 - American Ethnic Literatures 3 hours
• ENGL 3301 - Non-European World Literature, Special Topics 3 hours
• ENGL 3308 - Postcolonial Literature 3 hours
• ENGL 3505 - Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory 3 hours
• HIST 3002 - Modern France 3 hours
• HIST 3003 - The Third Reich and the Holocaust 3 hours
• HIST 3004 - Modern Russia 3 hours
• HIST 3006 - 20th Century European History 3 hours
• HIST 3007 - The First World War and its Aftermath in Memoirs and Films 3 hours
• HIST 3008 - World War ll: 1939 to 1945 3 hours
• HIST 4001 - European Intellectual History 3 hours
• HIST 4002 - The French Revolution and Napoleon 3 hours
• HIST 4003 - Technology and Culture in the Modern World 3 hours
• HIST 4004 - The Russian Revolution and Stalinism 3 hours
• PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
• PHIL 1200 - Ethics and Authenticity 3 hours
• PHIL 2110 - Modern Philosophy 3 hours
• PHIL 2200 - Environmental Ethics 3 hours
• PHIL 2220 - Philosophy of Language 3 hours
• PHIL 2330 - Phenomenology and Existentialism 3 hours
• PHIL 3100 - Continental Philosophy 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
• 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.