Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

Anthropology

• ANTH 255 - Women in Africa
• or  WGS 255 - Women in Africa

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• ANTH 260 - Women and Development
• or  WGS 262 - Women and Development

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• ANTH 311 - Violence Against Women
• or  WGS 311 - Violence against Women

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• ANTH 350 - The Social Life of Gender
• or  WGS 350 - The Social Life of Gender

Art History

• ARTH 298/398 - Animated Bodies, Lively Things

  or WGS 298/398 - Animated Bodies, Lively Things

   

  ARTH 298/398 - Enchanted Early Modern Worlds

  or WGS 298/398 - Enchanted Early Modern Worlds

   

  ARTH 298/398 - Representing Enchanted World

  or WGS 298/398 - Representing Enchanted World

   

  ARTH 398 - Body in/as Art

  or WGS 398 - Body in/as Art

   

• ARTH 370 - Women at Work: Art History and Feminism
• or  WGS 371 - Women at Work: Art History and Feminism

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• ARTH 371 - Masculinity and American Art
• or  WGS 372 - Masculinity and American Art

Classics

• CLAS 266 - Gender, Power and the Gods
• or  WGS 266 - Gender, Power and the Gods

Economics

• ECON 233 - Sweatshops in the World Economy
• or  WGS 233 - Sweatshops in the World Economy

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• ECON 241 - Women in United States Economy
• or  WGS 241 - Women in United States Economy

Education

• EDUC 270 - Gender and Education
• or  WGS 270 - Gender and Education

English

• ENG 236 - Sex, God, and the Victorians
• or  WGS 237 - Sex, God and the Victorians

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• ENG 240 - Identity, Genre, and Poetry
• or  WGS 240 - Identity, Genre and Poetry

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• ENG 247 - Archetypes in Black Women’s Fiction
• or  WGS 247 - Archetypes in Black Women’s Fiction

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• ENG 272 - Romancing the Novel
• or  WGS 272 - Romancing the Novel

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• ENG 343 - Fictions of the Modern
• or  WGS 343 - Fictions of the Modern

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• ENG 377 - Feminist Criticism
• or  WGS 377 - Feminist Criticism

Film and New Media

• FNMS 298 - Horror Film and the Unruly Body
• or  WGS 298 - Horror Film and the Unruly Body

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• FNMS 298 - Race, Gender and Television

• or WGS 298 - Race, Gender and Television

   

• FNMS 398 - Queer Cinema
• or  WGS 398 - Queer Cinema

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• FNMS 398 - Women in Film
• or  WGS 398 - Women in Film

French

• FR 331 - Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World
• or  WGS 331 - Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World

German

• GER 267 - Weimar and Nazi Cinema and Culture
• or  WGS 267 - Weimar and Nazi Cinema and Culture

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• GER 270 - Black in Berlin
• or  WGS 274 - Black in Berlin

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• GER 370 - Black in Berlin
• or  WGS 374 - Black in Berlin

Hispanic Studies

• HISP 320 - Early Modern Feminism: Spain and the New World
• or  WGS 325 - Early Modern Feminism: Spain and the New World

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• HISP 325 - Queer Politics and Hispanisms
• or  WGS 326 - Queer Politics and Hispanisms

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• HISP 370 - Contemporary Women Writers of the Hispanic World
• or  WGS 370 - Contemporary Women Writers of the Hispanic World

History

• HIST 232 - Women in North America to 1790

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• HIST 233 - United States Women, 1790-1890
• or  WGS 234 - United States Women, 1790-1890

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• HIST 234 - United States Women since 1890
• or  WGS 238 - United States Women since 1890

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• HIST 341 - Sex and Culture in the 19th Century U.S.
• or  WGS 341 - Sex and Culture in the 19th Century U.S.

Italian

• ITAS 235 - Women in Modern Italy
• or  WGS 235 - Women in Modern Italy

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• WGS 301 - Fashion, Sex and the City
• or  ITAS 310 - Fashion, Sex and the City

Philosophy

• PHIL 255 - Feminism, Philosophy and the Law
• or  WGS 250 - Feminism, Philosophy and the Law

Political Science

• POLS 285 - Women and Politics
• or  WGS 285 - Women and Politics

Psychology

• PSY 235 - Human Sexuality
• or  WGS 236 - Human Sexuality

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• PSY 290 - Psychology of Women

Religion

• REL 142 - Religion and Sexuality
• or  WGS 142 - Religion and Sexuality

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• REL 219 - Gendered and Sexual Violence in the Bible
• or  WGS 219 - Gender and Sexual Violence in the Bible

Russian

• RUSS 284 - Women in Russian Culture
• or  WGS 284 - Women in Russian Culture

Sociology

• SOC 235 - Families in Transition
• or  WGS 239 - Families in Transition

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• SOC 260 - Gender Inequality
• or  WGS 260 - Gender Inequality

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• SOC 290 - Sociology of Sexualities
• or  WGS 291 - Sociology of Sexualities

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• SOC 310 - Gender, Race, and Nation
• or  WGS 310 - Gender, Race, and Nation

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• SOC 311 - Violence against Women
• or  ANTH 311 - Violence Against Women
• or  WGS 311 - Violence against Women

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• SOC 320 - Race, Gender and Poverty
• or  WGS 320 - Race, Gender and Poverty

Women’s and Gender Studies

• WGS 101 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
• WGS 102 - Introduction to LGBT+ Studies
• WGS 215 - Black Feminist Thought and Action
• or  AFDS 215 - Black Feminist Thought and Action
• WGS 228 - Transnational Feminisms
• WGS 275 - Disability and Difference
• WGS 298 - Masculinities
• WGS 317 - Queer Theory
• WGS 401 - Senior Seminar

Notes

In addition, many departments offer special courses and seminars with topics applicable to the major or minor. Please see the Women’s and Gender Studies advisor for permission to count the course towards either the major or minor.