Women and Gender Studies Minor

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Pascale Engelmajer	Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Jennifer Dobby	Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts
Lilly Goren	Professor of Political Science
Jennifer L. Huck	Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Rebecca Imes	Associate Professor of Communication
Lara Karpenko	Associate Professor of English
Abigail Markwyn	Associate Professor of History
Kelly Pinter	Lecturer of Criminal Justice and Sociology

Women and gender studies creates an awareness of the role gender plays in human interactions, in the creation of societal institutions, and in the rankings of individuals within those institutions. Interdisciplinary in its approach to learning, courses in Women and Gender Studies enrich students’ perspectives on a variety of disciplines and provide a critical skill to those interested in understanding the dynamics of human behavior.

Learning Objectives

These learning objectives will be assessed in the interdisciplinary capstone course.

Apply social scientific lenses including, sociology, criminology communication, and political science to the roles of sex and gender in historical and contemporary life.
Demonstrate an understanding of the way that history, politics, religion, literature, or artistic works produce, reproduce, and challenge gender constructs across multiple eras and locales.
Apply comparative theories of gender to historical, global, and contemporary issues.
Demonstrate the ability to gather sources, analyze information, and produce an original work of research in one or more of the disciplines included in the minor.

Core Courses that Must be Taken:

One Social Science

COM 235 - Gender and Society 4 Hour(s)
SOC 235 - Gender and Society 4 Hour(s)
CRJ 345 - Women, Gender, and Crime 4 Hour(s)
WGS 345 - Women, Gender, and Crime 4 Hour(s)
WGS 296 - Women, Gender, and Politics 4 Hour(s)

One Humanities

ENG 262 - Introduction to Gender Studies 4 Hour(s)
WGS 262 - Introduction to Gender Studies 4 Hour(s)
HIS 213 - Women in American History 4 Hour(s)
WGS 213 - Women in American History 4 Hour(s)
REL 315 - Women in Religion 4 Hour(s)
WGS 315 - Women and Religion 4 Hour(s)
WGS 314 - Queer and Gender Theory 4 Hour(s)
WGS 400 - Interdisciplinary Capstone 2 Hour(s)

Select Two Courses from the Following

Select two courses from the following which have not been taken as part of core:

CRJ 345 - Women, Gender, and Crime 4 Hour(s) or
WGS 345 - Women, Gender, and Crime 4 Hour(s)
ENG 262 - Introduction to Gender Studies 4 Hour(s) or
WGS 262 - Introduction to Gender Studies 4 Hour(s)
HIS 213 - Women in American History 4 Hour(s) or
WGS 213 - Women in American History 4 Hour(s)
POL 280 - Politics and Culture 4 Hour(s)
REL 315 - Women in Religion 4 Hour(s) or
WGS 315 - Women and Religion 4 Hour(s)
SOC 235 - Gender and Society 4 Hour(s) or
COM 235 - Gender and Society 4 Hour(s)
WGS 150 - Introduction to LGBTQ* Studies 4 Hour(s)
WGS 296 - Women, Gender, and Politics 4 Hour(s)