Gender and Women’s Studies
Students must consult the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) degree regulations that form minimum requirements for the relevant programs in all subjects. Listed below are special or additional requirements that must also be met by students in GWST. PLEASE NOTE: GWST is only available as a Minor program.
Bachelor of Arts (BA) / Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Minor (24 credits in Gender and Women’s Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) / Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies provides students the opportunity to study the full range of human experience and arrangements of social organization from the perspectives of those whose participation has been traditionally distorted, omitted, neglected, or denied. Students will develop a deep appreciation for complexities of power and asymmetries in gender relations across time, class, and cultures.
Requirements: Students must take a minimum of twenty-four credits in either the 120 credit Bachelor of Arts (BA) program or the 120 credit Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) program. GWST-1101 is a requirement for the Minor. There shall be a maximum of 9 credits at the 1000 level and a minimum of 6 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Academic Field (24 Credits)
24 credits in one discipline with at least 6 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level
The following courses satisfy the requirements for a Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies:
AN/S-2106 Religion, Magic & Witchcraft (3 credits)
AN/S-2121 Politics of Power and Division (3 credits)
AN/S-2201 Families Across Cultures (3 credits)
AN/S-2209 Humankind: Journey of Evolution (3 credits)
AN/S-2211 Humankind: Uses an Abuse of Science (3 credits
AN/S-3210 Self and Other [x-listed as MIKM 3110] (6 credits)
AN/S-3221 Constructed/Ing Gender (3 credits)
AN/S-3223 Queer(y)ing Identities (3 credits)
AN/S-3232 Work and Women in Society (6 credits)
COMM-3135 Family Communication (3 credits)
COMM-3137 Gender & Communication (3 credits)
COMM-3138 Women & Communication (3 credits)
COMM-3141 Communication and Sexuality (3 credits)
ENGL-2606 Dramatic Literature by Women I (3 credits)
ENGL-2607 Plays by Women II (3 credits)
ENGL-2640 Women’s Literature (6 credits)
ENGL-3504 Feminist Theory (3 credits)
ENGL-4522 Feminist Literary Theory (6 credits)
FOLK-2103 Custom (3 credits)
FOLK-3403 Gender and Folklore (3 credits)
GWST-1101 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3 credits)
GWST-2191 Women in Western Religions [x-listed as HIST/RELS-2191] (3 credits)
GWST-2193 Women in Eastern Religions [x-listed as HIST/RELS-2193] (3 credits)
GWST-3121 Gender History [x-listed as HIST-3121] (3 credits)
GWST-3133 Slavery and Freedom: Americas [x-listed as HIST-3133] (3 credits)
HIST-1107 Women in Civilization (3 credits)
HIST-2191 Women in Western Religions [x-listed as GWST/RELS-2191] (3 credits)
HIST-2193 Women in Eastern Religions [x-listed as GWST/RELS-2193] (3 credits)
HIST-3121 Gender History [x-listed as GWST-3121] (3 credits)
HIST-3133 Slavery and Freedom: Americas [x-listed as GWST-3133] (3 credits)
HIST-4110 Witch Hunting: Early Scotland (6 credits)
HIST-4120 Women’s History 1850-1950 (3 credits)
HUMA-1107 Women in Western Civilization (3 credits)
MIKM-3110 Self and Other [x-listed as AN/S 3210] (6 credits)
PHIL-2103 Philosophy of Love, Sex, Friendship (3 credits)
PHIL-2105 Feminist Philosophy (3 credits)
PHIL-3154 Feminist Philosophical Theory (3 credits)
POLS-2121 Politics of Power & Division (3 credits)
PSYC-3651 Human Sexuality and Sex Education (3 credits)
RELS-2191 Women in Western Religions [x-listed as GWST/HIST-2191] (3 credits)
RELS-2193 Women in Eastern Religions [x-listed as GWST/HIST-2193] (3 credits)
SOCO-2306 Intro: Sociology of the Family (3 credits)
Please note that this list is revised from time to time, so consult with the Chair for additional information.
