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