Gender Studies
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Gender Studies developed from the desire to investigate the numerous ways gender shapes bodies, identities, interactions, language, knowledge, institutions, and the world around us. Gender Studies is interdisciplinary and cross-cultural by design, incorporating insights from the social sciences, humanities, arts, and natural sciences. Drawing on the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools of these diverse disciplines, Gender Studies explores the relationships between gender and other categories of difference such as race, class, sexuality, nation, religion, ability, and species. Essential to the program are efforts to examine the production of knowledge, interrogate systems of power, privilege, and inequality, as well as explore the individual and collective forms of resistance and social activism that occur to bring about social justice. Gender Studies offer students not only a diverse set of perspectives and skills but also the initiative to eradicate social inequality from the local to transnational.
Gender Studies Minor
| SO 200 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 3 |
| SO 300 | Introduction to Feminist Theories | 3 |
| SO 310 | Sociology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| Independent Study in Gender Studies | 1 | |
| Independent Study | ||
| Select 3 electives: | 9 | |
| Business & Society | ||
| Diversity and the Criminal Justice System | ||
| Sex Offenders | ||
| Human Relations | ||
| Writing And Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Literature and Gender | ||
| Introduction to LGBTQ Literature | ||
| Women In the Third World | ||
| Women's Health | ||
| Men's Health | ||
| 20th Century American History of Race and Gender | ||
| Psychology of the Middle School Student | ||
or PS 215 | Adolescent Psychology | |
| Critical Perspectives in Sport and Physical Activity | ||
| Marriage and Family | ||
| Social Inequalities | ||
| Global Race Relations | ||
| Human Sexuality | ||
| Diversity in America | ||
| Total Hours | 19 | |
Academic Requirements
Of the 3 electives, 2 must be a 200 designation or higher and they must all be from different programs. No more than one course from other institutions or study abroad programs may be transferred toward the minor. Minors are encouraged to include a gender-related Winter term course in their course of study. Students must earn at least a C in all courses applied to the minor.