Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts offers an interdisciplinary minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. The minor provides diverse intellectual frameworks for investigating issues related to women, gender, and sexuality, including the history and function of gender roles, the construction of gendered identity in diverse cultural contexts, the experience of masculinity and femininity across the lifespan, patterns and consequences of discrimination, and the development of organized women’s social movements. Students augment core requirements with coursework in anthropology, classics, criminology, English, health, history, philosophy and religion, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Students should contact the director of Women’s Studies and Resource Center for additional information.

Requirements for a Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies:

Core:

WGS 210 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Credit Hours: 3

And 6 hours from:

ANT 303 - Culture and Gender Credit Hours: 3
ENG 230 - Women In Literature Credit Hours: 3
PAR 225 - Religion and Gender Credit Hours: 3
SOC 350 - Gender and Society Credit Hours: 3
WGS 212 - Sexuality and Gender Credit Hours: 3
WGS 230 - Women in Film Credit Hours: 3 (WLC 230 , FST 230 )

Electives:

9 hours from

ANT 206 - Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANT 303 - Culture and Gender Credit Hours: 3
ANT 324 - Human Biological Variation Credit Hours: 3
ANT 325 - Human Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3
ARH 312 - Women in Art Credit Hours: 3
CLA 330 - Women in Ancient Greece and Rome Credit Hours: 3
COM 211 - Storytelling and Culture Credit Hours: 3
COM 358 - Diversity in Public Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 365 - Media, Identity and Difference Credit Hours: 3
CRM 315 - Victimology Credit Hours: 3
CRM 370 - Racialization and the Criminal Justice System Credit Hours: 3
CRM 376 - Juvenile Delinquency Credit Hours: 3
ECN 429 - Economics of Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3
EDN 200 - Teacher, School and Society Credit Hours: 3
EDN 330 - Teaching Diverse Learners (K-6) Credit Hours: 3
EDN 334 - Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction (K-6) Credit Hours: 3
EDN 370 - Gender and Education Credit Hours: 3
ENG 344 - Latino Voices in American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 230 - Women In Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 232 - African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 325 - Studies in Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
ENG 337 - Victorian Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 341 - Studies in the Global South Credit Hours: 3
ENG 373 - Women’s Literary Traditions Credit Hours: 3
FRH 319 - Introduction to the Francophone World Credit Hours: 3
GER 331 - Fairy Tales: From Grimms to Disney Credit Hours: 3
HEA 205 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
HST 250 - North Carolina Indians Credit Hours: 3
HST 336 - American Indian History to 1900 Credit Hours: 3
HST 340 - Race, Gender, and Citizenship Credit Hours: 3
INT 311 - Film and the Feminine Ideal in Post Communist Eastern and Central European Cinema Credit Hours: 3
NSG 330 - Maternal-Infant Nursing Credit Hours: 4
NSG 345 - Health Maintenance Needs of Young Children Credit Hours: 3
NSG 480 - Transcultural Nursing Credit Hours: 3
NSG 486 - Family Nursing Credit Hours: 3
PAR 211 - Philosophy of Human Nature Credit Hours: 3
PAR 225 - Religion and Gender Credit Hours: 3
PLS 316 - Women in Politics Credit Hours: 3
PSY 265 - Human Sexual Behavior Credit Hours: 3
PSY 271 - Psychology of Human Diversity Credit Hours: 3
PSY 366 - Psychology of Close Relationships Credit Hours: 3
REC 391 - Sport, Culture and Society Credit Hours: 3
SOC 304 - Popular Culture Credit Hours: 3
SOC 215 - Modern Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SOC 250 - Issues in Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
SOC 320 - Rural Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 325 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations Credit Hours: 3
SOC 336 - Sociology of Aging Credit Hours: 3
SOC 345 - Sociology of the Family Credit Hours: 3
SOC 370 - Sociology through Film Credit Hours: 3
SOC 376 - Juvenile Delinquency Credit Hours: 3
SOC 399 - Topical Seminar Credit Hours: 1 To 3
SWK 311 - Child Abuse and Neglect Credit Hours: 3
SWK 320 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I Credit Hours: 3
SWK 321 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II Credit Hours: 3
SWK 335 - Social Welfare Policies Credit Hours: 3
SWK 355 - Issues in Diversity for Generalist Practice Credit Hours: 3
SWK 417 - Constructing Masculinities: from Boyhood to Manhood Credit Hours: 3
SOC 350 - Gender and Society Credit Hours: 3
WLC 205 - Perspectives in World Cinema Credit Hours: 3
SOC 335 - The Sociology of Deviant Behavior Credit Hours: 3
WGS 212 - Sexuality and Gender Credit Hours: 3
WGS 230 - Women in Film Credit Hours: 3
WGS 280 - Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGS 491 - Directed Individual Study Credit Hours: 1 To 3
WGS 495 - Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGS 498 - Internship in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Total: 18 hours

Additional Information:

Departmental prerequisites may apply, see course instructor for detail. NSG 330 and NSG 486 have NSG pre-requisites and are restricted to nursing majors. Other appropriate courses may satisfy the elective requirements if approved by the director.

Students must have a “C” (2.00) average in courses counted toward the minor. No more than 9 hours in a single discipline may be counted toward the minor.