Diane McPherson, Associate Professor and Coordinator
The central organizing category of analysis in women's studies is the concept of gender, which we understand as a pervasive social construction reflecting and determining differentials of power and opportunity. Women's studies, then, analyzes how this social construction shapes the lives of women. Women's studies is both an innovative approach to traditional subjects and a growing field in its own right. Women's studies courses focus on women in diverse contexts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They exist, as a result of a demand that has come primarily from women, to understand more fully the past and present position of the their sex.
For our minor in women's studies, students must take 18 credits. Each student must take Introduction to Women's Studies, and the other 15 credits must be from our approved list of courses. At least 6 of the credits for the minor must be at level 3 or above, and no more than three courses may be taken from any one of the four categories in our list of approved courses. In addition, only 2 courses in the student's major may be counted towards the minor.
338-10000 |
Introduction to Women's Studies |
3 |
Five courses selected from the following list, no more than 3 courses in any one of the four areas (social sciences, humanities/fine arts, professional schools, upper-level women's studies). At least two courses must be level 3 or above.
310-14100 |
Power: Race, Sex, and Class |
3 |
310-34300 |
Feminist Theory |
3 |
310-40100/ 310-40200 |
Seminar (topics that focus on feminist issues or theory) |
3 |
310-40300/ 310-40400 |
Tutorial (topics that focus on feminist issues or theory) |
3 |
330-26100 |
Psychology of Women |
3 |
331-20200 |
Contemporary Social Issues: Women in Britain |
3 |
331-21000 |
Women's Lives |
3 |
331-31600 |
Women and Health |
3 |
331-32300 |
Family Violence |
3 |
331-32500 |
Race, Class, and Gender |
3 |
331-41900 |
Seminar: Women in the Third World |
3 |
331-43100 |
Selected Topics in Gender Studies: Feminist Social Theory |
3 |
339-33500 |
Women and Culture |
3 |
318-37400 |
Topics of Women in Latin American Literature: Images of Women in Latin American Literature |
3 |
318-49100 |
Seminar: Latina Writing in the U.S. |
3 |
319-34600 |
Interpersonal Communication and Sexual Politics |
3 |
376-34100 |
Women Artists and Cultural Change |
3 |
376-34200 |
Images of Women in Western Art |
3 |
307-22000 |
Black Women Writers |
3 |
307-35000 377-31000 |
Imagining Herself: Women's Autobiography Women and Writing |
3 3 |
555-25500 |
Women and Music |
3 |
555-25600 |
Women in Popular Music from Bessie Smith to MTV |
3 |
885-34500 |
Women and Men in Management |
3 |
222-30300 |
Images of Men and Women in Mass Media |
3 |
225-36000 |
Communication in Culturally Diverse Organizations |
3 |
663-29800 |
Gender Issues in Sport |
3 |
338-41000 |
Selected Topics: Women's Studies |
3 |
338-42000 |
Independent Study in Women's Studies |
3 |
338-43000 |
Internship in Women's Studies |
3 |
Total required for minor |
18 |
Note: No more than two courses in a student's major may be used to meet requirements for the minor.
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