Gender Studies Minor (GEN)

Assistant Professor: K. VanHoosier-Carey, Advisor
Associate Professor: Wolkomir, Advisor

Minor Requirements

Eighteen hours of coursework as follows:

  1. Required Courses (six hours):
    • SOC 202 Sociology of the Family
    • SOC 354 Sex & Gender in Society
  2. Electives (at least twelve hours) chosen from the following courses:
    • PSC 208 Intro to Law
    • HIST 334 Readings in European Women's History
    • ECON 324 Labor Economics
    • ENGL 351 Seminar in Women's Literature
    • PHIL 202 Ethics
    • PSC 356 The Politics of Constitutional Rights and Liberties
    • BIOL 403W Animal Behavior
    • REL 332 Gender and Family in Early Christianity
    • REL 415 Women and Religion

Students may use up to six hours credit from their majors toward the Gender Studies minor. Students are also strongly encouraged to take courses in at least three academic disciplines. Up to 6 hours of coursework in any department may be added from outside this elective list, subject to the approval of a Gender Studies advisor. Such additions might include internships, modules or special topics courses whose subject matter includes a strong focus on gender issues. Courses may also be approved in cases where a student is completing a significant project on gender issues within a course that is not on the elective list. Additionally, a student may include up to 3 hours of Independent Study in any department, subject to the approval of a Gender Studies advisor, for research and work on some aspect of gender studies. Students may use up to six hours credit from their majors toward the Gender Studies minor.

395. Special Topics in Gender Studies (3)
Prerequisite: permission of program advisor. A specialized study of an area within gender studies not normally covered in regular sociology, English, or other gender studies courses. On demand.

463. Research in Gender Studies (3)
Prerequisite: permission of program advisor and submission of acceptable proposal. Guided independent investigation of an original problem or issue within gender studies. Written report or oral presentation will be required where appropriate. On demand.

Last updated February 25, 2008.