Gender Studies Minor
The Gender Studies minor educates students about the nature of gender dynamics and gender inequality, and situates individual experiences of gender socialization in educational, historical, aesthetic, sociological and political contexts. The Gender Studies minor also equips students with the knowledge and analytical abilities needed to engage critically with gender-related issues, and recognize and transform gender inequality in their own lives and in the world at large.
Program Competencies
The purpose of the program is:
- To challenge students to use a variety of critical thinking and problem-solving skills to recognize and contend with gender dynamics and inequality at the individual and social levels.
- To develop students' understanding about the ways in which different cultures socialize members into gendered roles.
- To expand students' knowledge, skills, and consciousness regarding their choices about institutionalized societal structures such as family, healthcare, education, political systems, work, and leisure.
- To inform students of the diversity and impact of contributions from individuals of various identities throughout history and across academic disciplines in a multicultural and global society.
Gender Studies Minor Requirements
Core Requirements
| GST 273 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Electives
Choose 18 hours from the list of approved courses in Gender Studies
| GST 223 | Brain Development and Sex Differences | 3 |
| GST 300 | Class, Power, and Privilege | 3 |
| GST 302 | Criminogenic Family | 3 |
| GST 303 | Comparative Family Violence: An International Perspective | 3 |
| GST 305 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| GST 313 | Women in American History | 3 |
| GST 320 | Women Writers and Feminist Perspectives | 3 |
| GST 322 | Gender and Education | 3 |
| GST 333 | Women and Partner Violence | 3 |
| GST 335 | Families in Modern Society | 3 |
| GST 337 | Sociology of Food | 3 |
| GST 343 | Religion and Sexuality | 3 |
| GST 350 | Sex and Gender | 3 |
| GST 351 | Philosophy of Love and Sex | 3 |
| GST 354 | Individual and Society | 3 |
| GST 355 | Sociology of the Body | 3 |
| GST 363 | Sex Industry Perspectives | 3 |
| GST 374 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| GST 375 | The Middle East | 3 |
| GST 377 | Twentieth Century Asian Wars | 3 |
| GST 380 | Race, Class, Gender and Crime | 3 |
| GST 394 | Gay and Lesbian Literature | 3 |
| GST 452 | Issues in Contemporary Broadcasting | 3 |
| GST 474 | Women and Health | 3 |
| GST 476 | Special Problems in Gender Studies | 3 |
| GST 490 | Gender Studies Capstone | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Total Credit Hours: 21