For Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science

Gender studies explores how history, colonialism, the media, and other social institutions create and normalize gendered and sexual identities. Students study how gender, sexuality, and their intersections link to big issues of our time, including poverty, violence, health, and social inequality. 

The Gender Studies Minor requires 18 senior-level credits with a minimum of six credits at the 300- or 400- level.

To ensure the interdisciplinarity of the program, students would not be allowed to fulfill minor requirements with more than two courses from within one discipline or three GEND courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Specific Minor Requirements
GEND 219	Feminist Theories and Foundations	3
GEND 319	Indigenous and Postcolonial Feminisms	3
Choose 12 credits from the following:		12
ANTH 210	Gender, Age and Culture
ANTH 308	Language, Gender, and Sexuality
ANTH 320	Archaeology of Gender
CLAS 261	Women in the Ancient World
ECON 220	The Economics of Gender
ENGL 218	Reading Gender
ENGL 368	Topics in Race and Gender
GEND 398	Independent Study
GEND 419	Special Topics in Gender Studies
GEND 498	Advanced Independent Study
HIST 292	Women's History
HLST 210	Human Sexuality
INTD 230	Working with Sexual and Gender Minority Children and Youth
PHIL 333	Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality
PSYC 370	Human Sexuality
SOCI 301	Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
SOCI 430	Gender, Crime, and Social Justice
SOWK 433	Social Work Practice with Gender and Sexual Diversity
Total Credits		18

Gender Studies Program Learning Outcomes

1. Differentiate historical and contemporary issues relating to gender.
2. Demonstrate the ways in which gender inequality intersects with other forms of social marginalization including but not limited to sexuality, race, class, and ability.
3. Explain how gender is shaped, enabled, and constrained by wider social forces.
4. Outline the work of key thinkers and theorists in the discipline.
5. Analyze the ways in which gender and sexuality are linked.