Required Core Component (4 credits)

One course to be chosen from the following list:

• WGS 111 Women, History, and Culture
• WGS 113 Women, Science, and Society
• WGS 115 Introduction to Gender Studies

Elective Courses (16 credits)

Four courses must be chosen from the following list. No more than two from any single department except women's and gender studies (WGS). Students who have taken WGS 111 or WGS 113 may take WGS 115 (Introduction to Gender Studies) as one of their four elective courses for the WGS minor.

• ADFA 307 Women in Art: Eastern and Western Perspectives
• ARH 321 Women, Art, and Society
• CJN 217 Gay and Lesbian Studies
• CJN 290 Women in Struggle on Film
• EHS 391 Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Neglect
• ENG 310 Topics in Pre-Modern Gender Studies
• ENG 356 Whitman and Dickinson
• ENG 387 Writing Women
• FR 314 "What Not to Wear:" Marie Antoinette, the Woman who Fashioned a Revolution 
• GVT 203 Women in World Politics
• GVT 204 Women in American Politics
• GVT 306 Women and Public Policy
• GVT 307 Gender and Globalization
• GVT 348 Law, Race, and Gender
• GVT 484 Women and Politics in Islam
• HST 273 Gender in Latin America
• HST 274 Women in 19th-Century Europe
• HST 275 Women in 20th-Century Europe
• HST 370 Workers in America
• HST 371 U.S. Women’s History: Colonial to 1865
• HST 372 U.S. Women’s History: 1865 to Present
• HST 471 Self, Body, and Sexuality in U.S. History
• HST 483 Death, Disease, and Healing in U.S. History
• HST 484 History of the Emotions in Marriage and Family Life
• MUH 221 History of Women in Music
• PHIL 228 Feminist Philosophy
• PHIL 229 Eco-Feminism
• PHIL 265 Women in Spirituality
• SF 168 Women in Art: Eastern and Western Perspectives and Issues of Identity
• SOC 222 Women in Struggle on Film
• SOC 230 Bad Girls
• SOC 239 Men and Violence
• SOC 273 Women in Contemporary Society
• SOC 274 Women in Contemporary Spanish Society (Madrid Campus)
• SOC 275 Women and Crime
• SOC 286 Women and Work
• SOC 322 Tough Guise
• SOC 355 Women and Health
• SOC 374 Diversity Among Women
• SPAN 405 Women’s Voices in Latin America
• WGS 211 Heroines, Hotties and Hubris: Adolescent  Girl's Books
• WGS 307 Women in Art: Eastern and Western Perspectives
• WGS 315 Feminist Thought
• WGS 320 Writing Autobiography
• WGS 325 Global Women's Fiction

WGS Track Courses (4 credits maximum)

Some CAS courses can be taken to fulfill the WGS minor by registering for the optional WGS track of that course. Students who register for this track and complete the required WGS readings and assignments may count a maximum of one of these courses toward the minor in women’s and gender studies. In order to register for the WGS track of a listed course, students should consult the instructor and the director of the WGS program no later than the first week of classes.

• CJN 255 Introduction to Media
• CJN 385 Globalization of Media and Telecommunications
• ENG 353 American Realism
• ENG 354 Hawthorne, Melville, and Stowe
• ENG 401 Wharton and James
• ENG 424 The Global American Renaissance
• FR 320 French and Francophone Cinema
• FR 410 Contemporary France
• HST 410 Class and Social Control in Europe, 1830– 1914
• HST 426 Culture and Politics in Europe, 1919– 1939
• HST 440 A History of Latin American Festivals, Dance and Music
• SPAN 404 Modern Hispanic Literature
• SPAN 409 Spanish Cinema
• SPAN 412 Contemporary Spain

Consult the course catalog for prerequisites for these courses.

For the most current list of courses with an optional WGS track, or for more information, contact the director of women’s and gender studies.

Advanced Topics

Students may wish to include specialized research and/or an internship as part of their minor program. They may do so by completing one of the following courses under the supervision of the program director or a member of the Women’s and Gender Studies Committee:

• WGS 503 Field Study: Women’s and Gender Studies
• WGS 510 Independent Study in Women’s and Gender Studies