Women’s Studies Minor Required Courses
Past Requirements: 2005-2007, 2003-2005
Women's Studies (required)
	WOST 110	5 hrs	Introduction to Women’s Studies
	WOST 300	5 hrs	Feminist Theories
Complete remaining hours from the following areas with no more than 10 hours taken in any one grouping.  At least 5 hours of the remaining hours must be at the 300/400 level.
Arts
	ART 260	5 hrs	Women Artists in History
	MUSC 338	5 hrs	Women in Music
Humanities
	ENGL 231	5 hrs	Women Writers
	ENGL 234	5 hrs	Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Literature
	HIST 351	5 hrs	American Women’s History
	HIST 363	5 hrs	African Women and the Family
	RELG 270	5 hrs	Women and Religion
	RELG 360	5 hrs	Gender and Sex in the World’s Mythology
Social Sciences
	MCOM 270	5 hrs	Race, Gender, and Class in Media
	PSC 375	5 hrs	Women and Politics
	PSYC 375	5 hrs	Psychology of Women
	SOCL 190	5 hrs	Sociology of Women
	SOCL 230	5 hrs	Feminist Perspectives in Social Psychology
	SOCL 270	5 hrs	Sociology of Gender
Additional Options
	HPES 101	1 hr	Women’s Health Issues
	HPES 101	1 hr	Self Defense
	WOST 200	x hrs	Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies
	XXXX 390	x hrs	Independent Study (may be arranged with any academic department; requires approval of Women’s Studies minor coordinator)
	XXXX x91	x hrs	Experimental Courses (may be taken in any academic department when the course is centered on issues related to women or gender; requires approval of Women’s Studies minor coordinator)
	XXXX 490	x hrs	Internship (may be arranged with any academic department; requires approval of Women’s Studies minor coordinator)
Residence Requirement:
			Must be fulfilled by all transfer students. Descriptions of the courses other than Women’s Studies are listed under their respective home departments in this section of the catalog. Course prefixes (ART, COMM, etc.) and the home departments to which they are assigned are identified in the index on p. 27.
Women’s Studies (WOST)
	WOST 110	5 hrs	Introduction to Women’s Studies
		This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women’s studies. It offers grounding in how to study the experiences of women themselves and how to understand gender as a powerful, socially constructed system. Students will have an opportunity to explore and apply these new ideas and methods by working intensively on a particular issue in women’s studies through the lenses of specific academic disciplines.
	WOST 390	1-5 hrs	Independent Study
		Independent study. Opportunity for work in topics of special interest. Prereq: Permission of instructor and Women’s Studies coordinator
	WOST 490	1-15 hrs	INTERNSHIP
		Internships are individually arranged and available to qualified students upon submission of a written proposal. Application to the Women’s Studies coordinator must be made during the term preceding the one in which the internship would begin.

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