The interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies includes the totality of women’s actions, experiences, movements, and contributions across time and cultures. Goals of the program include:
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to study women’s lives, histories, traditions, voices, and identities
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to understand and respect the diversities and commonalities among women
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to appreciate that women have been, and are, significant actors in history and all fields of human endeavor
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to understand the causes and consequences of women’s oppression and to relate it to other forms of oppression, such as race, ethnicity, class, sexual preference, age, and ability
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to help students learn to act effectively in the public and political spheres, and in their personal lives
The Women's and Gender Studies program is interdisciplinary in nature, with courses and faculty drawn from throughout the College. Students may obtain a minor in Women's and Gender Studies, in conjunction with a major in any area of study. All students wishing to pursue a Women's and Gender Studies minor must declare so through the Women's and Gender Studies coordinator.
Note: All Women's and Gender Studies courses are open to all students, male or female, whether or not they are pursuing a Women's and Gender Studies minor or certificate.
Requirements for Women's and Gender Studies Minor:
| Course# |
Course Name |
Credits |
| WGS 2000 |
Women’s Lives: Realities and Choices |
3 |
| WGS 3900 |
Women's and Gender Studies Senior Seminar: Selected Topics |
3 |
Choose three from the following list of electives*: 9
(Electives must be from a minimum of two different disciplines)
Total Credits Required Women's and Gender Studies Minor: 15
Students must choose at least two courses from the following list:
| BIOL/SOC/WGS 2452 |
Sex and Gender: Biological and Sociological Perspectives |
| COM 2850 |
Women in Media |
| COM 3652 |
Gender Communication |
| ENG 1330 |
Feminine and Masculine in Literature |
| ENG 2632 |
Women in 19th Century World Literature |
| ENG 2850 |
Women in Film |
| ENG 3340 |
Women in Modern Literature |
| NSG 2051 |
Nursing Therapeutics: Mothers and Infants |
| NSG/SOC/WGS 2230 |
Women, Health, and Health Care |
| P&H 1090 |
American First Ladies |
| P&H 2292 |
Social History of Women |
| PSY 2106 |
Psychology of Women |
| PSY/SOC 2115 |
Men, Self and Society |
| SOC 2660 |
Sociology of Women |
Students completing only two courses from the above list must choose a third elective from the following:
| BIOL/PSY/WGS 2450 |
Human Sexuality (Samuelson/Fournier) |
| ENG 1280/1290 |
Writing Workshop I (Regney, Young) |
| ENG 1380/1390 |
Writing Workshop II (Regney, Young) |
| ENG 2020 |
Major British Writers II (Hunter) |
| ENG 2110 |
American Literature I (Regney) |
| ENG 2140 |
Contemporary American Literature (Regney) |
| ENG 2635 |
Banned Books (Regney) |
| ENG 3620 |
Victorian Literature (Hunter) |
| NSG 2100 |
Transitions to Baccalaureate Nursing (Caroline) |
| PHIL 2010 |
Ethics (Koch, Pregeant) |
| P&H 2420 |
Gay Politics in the United States (Keighton) |
| REL 2160 |
Contemporary Theological Issues (Pregeant) |
| SOC 1000 |
Perspectives on Society and Culture (Levin, O'Neil) |
| SOC 1600 |
Social Problems (Levin, Lischinsky, O'Neil, Seck) |
| SOC/PSY 2060 |
Aging and the Life Cycle (Hainer) |
| SOC/ED 2162 |
Sociology of Education (Levin) |
| SOC/CJ 2300 |
Women, Minorities, and Social Justice |
| SOC 2414 |
Victorian Murder, Mystery & Mayhem (Richardson) |
| SOC 2620 |
Family, Kinship, Social Organization (Levin) |
| SOC 2680 |
Sociology of Work: From Corporate Suites to Cleaning Streets (Levin) |
| SOC/CJ 3404 |
Sociology of Violence (Seck) |
| SOC/CJ 3640 |
Deviance & Social Control (Levin) |
| SOC 3650 |
Images and Power (O'Neil) |
| SOC 3760 |
Wealth, Poverty and Social Class in America (Levin) |
| VA 2930 |
Contemporary Art (Alpert) |
*Students may petition the Women’s Studies Committee to receive credit for course(s) or coursework not Listed above.