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WILKINSON COLLEGE > Interdisciplinary Programs > Women's Studies

The women's and gender studies minor provides an overview of the interdisciplinary approaches to the study of women and gender inequality; cultural representations of women and their social roles; and the social axes of gender, race, class and sexuality. The minor provides students with a broad, interdisciplinary framework for analyzing social practices related to gender as well as the impact on their own lives.

The minor requires a total of 18 credits, at least nine of which much be upperdivision, distributed as outlined below.

core requirements (6 credits)

WMST 101	Introduction to Women's Studies	3
WMST 498	Women's Studies Senior Seminar	3

four of the following (12 credits)

HUM 200	Women's Realities	3
SOC 204	Marriage and the Family
HIST 224	U.S. Women's History	3
HIST 226	Modern European Women's History	3
HIST 230	Chicano/a History and Culture to 1865	3
HIST 231	Chicano/a History and Culture to 1848-present	3
AT 261	Women in Sport	3
SOC 281	Sociology of Sex and Gender	3
POSC 309	Sexual Politics in a Diverse Society	3
COMM 311	Gender and Communication	3
LEAD 315	The Multi-Cultural Organization: Gender & Diversity Issues in the Workplace	3
REL 316	Genesis and Gender	3
POSC 318	Women and Politics	3
PHIL 319	Philosophy of Women/Women of Color	3
REL 330	Women and Religion	3
POSC 336	The Global and the Local	3
HIST 342	History of Everday Life in America	3
SOC 350	Gender in Global Perspective	3
ART 351	Art & Gender in Antiquity: Women's Beauty & Men's Power in Greek & Roman Art	3
FREN 386	Images of Leadership in French Literature: Women Writers Across the Ages	3
PSY 355	Diversity in Marital & Family Relationships	3
LEAD 396	Women's Ways of Leading	3
SOC 410	Victimless Crimes	3
ENG 445	Major Authors: Virginia Woolf	3
ART 464	Gender, Art, and Western Culture	3
SOC 480	Topics in Sociology of Health	3
PSY 495	Topics in Applied Psychology: Psychology of Women	3

Students may take one of the following in place of one of the preceding required four courses:

HUM 205	Intro to Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies	3
PSY 340	Human Sexuality	3
PSY 344	Psychology of the Gay, Lesbian and Bi-Sexual Experience	3
ENG 347	Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies	3

total credits 18