Minor: Women’s Studies

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 18

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to earn minor: None.

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: None.

Other GPA requirements to earn minor: None.

Contact Information: Mazie Hough, Associate Director of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program, 581-1228.

The minor in Women’s Studies, approved in 1989, has been used to enhance a wide variety of majors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (including a recent major in Physics.). A wide variety of students from programs in other colleges have also chosen the Women’s Studies minor; the most common of these are Human Development and Family Studies, Social Work, Nursing, and the Bachelors of University Studies.

Besides the three core courses listed below there is a wide variety of courses that can be used for the remaining three electives, including internships or independent study. For lists of courses in addition to those below (both WST courses and approved departmental electives) offered in a given semester, contact the WIC/WST office, (207) 581- 1228 or visit our web site at http://www.umaine.edu/wic/.

Mazie Hough, Associate Director of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program, advises all the minors and approves transfer credit.

Required for the Minor

WST 101 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Credits: 3
WST 410 - Feminist Theory Credits: 3
(given Fall semesters)
WST 480 - Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies Credits: 3
(given Spring semesters and usually Fall semesters)

9 credits from amoung the following

ANT 245 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credits: 3
CHF 451 - Family Relationships Credits: 3
CHF 452 - Violence in the Family Credits: 3
CMJ 405 - Women and Communication Credits: 3
CMJ 475 - Sexualities in Mass Communication Credits: 3
ENG 246 - American Women’s Literature Credits: 3
ENG 256 - British Women’s Literature Credits: 3
ENG 471 - Literature, Gender, and Gender Theory Credits: 3
ENG 481 - Topics in Women’s Literature Credits: 3
HTY 332 - Womanhood in America Credits: 3
HTY 494 - Women, History and American Society: Selected Topics Credits: 3
NUR 420 - Women’s Health Credits: 3
PHI 236 - Feminist Ethical, Social and Political Theory Credits: 3
POS 385 - Women and Politics Credits: 3
SOC 304 - Sociology of Lesbian and Gay Families and Relationships Credits: 3
SOC 319 - Domestic Violence and Social Structure Credits: 3
SOC 329 - Sociology of Gender Credits: 3
SOC 330 - Perspectives on Women Credits: 3
WST 103 - Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Credits: 3
WST 201 - Topics in Women’s Studies Credits: 3
WST 230 - Women, Health, and the Environment Credits: 3
WST 235 - Franco American Women’s Experience Credits: 3
WST 250 - Women and Music Credits: 3
WST 298 - Directed Study in Women’s Studies Credits: Ar
WST 301 - Intermediate Topics in Women’s Studies Credits: 3
WST 340 - Women and Globalization Credits: 3
WST 360 - Feminism and Cinema Credits: 3
WST 371 - Immigration, Women and Society Credits: 3
WST 401 - Advanced Topics in Women’s Studies Credits: 3
WST 430 - Women in Europe Credits: 3
WST 498 - Directed Study in Women’s Studies Credits: Ar
Or other courses by permission.