Women and Gender Studies
The Women and Gender Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary minor that introduces students to the importance of women’s perspectives on culture and society. Students will examine and focus on the construction of gender as it intersects with race, ability, nationality, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation.
Coordinator: Melissa Tombro
Requirements
EN 279 Women's Writing: 1900 - Present
Complete four of the following courses in any sequence. Courses marked with * have a major restriction that must be lifted by the History of Art chairperson.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| EN 202 Women Write New York City | |
| EN 234 Gay and Lesbian Literature | |
| EN 302 Gender and Nationalism in World Fiction (Honors) | |
| EN 304 Writing as Activism | |
| EN 305 Arab Women and the War Story | |
| EN 335 Working Women in the United States: 1865 to Present | |
| FI 223 Women Make Movies: A History of Women's Filmmaking | |
| HA 202 Feminist Art Histories, Theories and Practices | |
| HA 215 History of Menswear* | |
| HA 236 Queering Art History and Western Visual Culture | |
| HA 308 Goddesses, Women, Power and Patronage in the Ancient World (Honors) | |
| HA 312 WOMEN IN WESTERN ART FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT | |
| EN 368 Intentional Objects: Writing About Things | |
| HA 382 BEAUTY: THE HUMAN IDEAL IN VISUAL CULTURE (HONORS) | |
| HE 201 HUMAN SEXUALITY | |
| HI 200 QUEER WORK A RESEARCH SEMINAR IN LGBTQ BUSINESS AND LABOR HISTORY | |
| MC 203 GENDER AS PERFORMANCE: REPRESENTATION OF MASCULINITIES IN LATIN AMERICAN/LATINX THEATRE | |
| MC 313 WRITING WOMEN OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | |
| MC 351 FROM MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS | |
| SS 272 SEX ROLES, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN TRANSITION | |
| SS 303 LGBTQ IN SOCIETY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | |
| SS 340 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER, PERCEPTION AND SELF-EXPRESSION | |
| SS 341 WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICS |
Please check the Undergraduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite information.