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Gender Studies Program

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Requirements for the Minor

Students seeking a minor in Gender Studies are required to select and complete six courses from the program's listings with no more than two in any one academic discipline. GEN 2901 Seminar in Feminist Theories must be one of the six courses (formerly listed as GEN 1101 Feminist Theory). Students are encouraged, but not required, to take GEN 2951 Selected Topics in Gender Studies as one of the six courses.

Courses Listed under Gender Studies

GEN 2901 Seminar in Feminist Theories (3 credits)

An introduction to new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of gender in the humanities and the social and natural sciences. Required of all Gender Studies minors; typically offered once a year in the spring semester.

GEN 2951 Selected Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)

An independent study, typically undertaken in the Senior year, in which the student develops and presents a research project in her or his major field of study which incorporates gender perspectives and feminist theories. Prerequisites: GEN 2901, the approval of an independent study director in the student's major, and the approval of the Director of Gender Studies .

Courses Cross-Listed with Gender Studies

ART 1071* Women Painting: Women in the Visual Arts
ART 2661* Women in Modern Theatre
EDU 2601 Perspectives of Women in Education
ENG 1911* Cultural Diversity: American Voices
ENG 2311* 18th-Century English Novel: Genre, Gender, and Class
ENG 2501* 18thCentury Authors: Austen and Fielding
ENG 2511* 19th Century Authors: Jane Austen
ENG 2561* Exploring Postcolonialism
ENG 2651 Feminist Narrative Strategies
ENG 2691 Writing through Race and Gender
ENG 2701* American Authors: Morrison and Melville
ENG 2901* (HON 1203) Seminar: Images of Women in Literature
ENG 2921* Literature and Culture: Elizabeth the Queen
HIS 2111* Medieval and Renaissance Women
HIS 2661* History of Women in America Since 1820
HIS 2731* Colloquium in European History: Gender and Authority, 500-1600
HON 1223* Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World
ITA 2521* Women's Voices in Italian Fiction
PHL 2501* Feminist Epistemology
PHL 2861* Feminist Perspectives on Self, Identity, and Moral Agency
POL 2331* Global Gender Issues
PSY 1401* Violence and Aggression
PSY 1421* Psychology of Intimate Relationships
PSY 1541* Human Sexuality
PSY 2211* Child Development
PSY 2261* Adulthood and Aging
PSY 2391* Psychology of Gender
SOC 1021* Social Problems
SOC 2081* Sociology of Gender
SOC 2091* Marriage and the Family
SOC 2321* The Sociology of Human Sexuality
SOC 2511* Gender and the Law
SOC 2541* Violence and Victims
SOC 2861* Violence in Intimate Relationships
SPA 2421* Romanticism and Realism
SPA 2511* (HON 1213) Women in Spanish Literature
THE 2371* Gender and Christian Spirituality
THE 2381* Feminist Theologies

* Course will also satisfy a GER requirement

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