Women’s Studies Minor

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OVERVIEW OF MINOR REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 18

GPA requirements to earn minor: 2.0

Women’s Studies examines women from an inter-disciplinary perspective, acknowledging gender’s pervasive influence on multiple aspects of our daily lives. A Women’s Studies minor will allow students to focus on the history, contributions, and experiences of women, within a complex matrix of such factors as race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and sexual orientation.

Women’s Studies courses can help prepare students for entering the workforce or pursuing further education, in such diverse fields as teaching, law, medicine, journalism, communication, business, recreation, or government. It can also be of special benefit to students planning to enter the social service sector, including human service agencies, personal or career counseling, women’s agencies and programs, and public service.

The Women’s Studies minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits, to be distributed as follows:

Women’s Studies Minor - 18 credits

WST 110 - Intro to Women’s Studies Credits: 3
WST 410 - Feminist Theory Credits: 3
Women’s Studies electives* Credits: 12

* At least 50 percent of the content in the Women’s Studies electives must be concerned specifically with women’s issues. At least 2 of these courses must be outside the student’s major field of study.

Each semester, the Women’s Studies Steering Group publishes a list of courses that qualify for Women’s Studies credit. Students may also petition to have other courses count toward the 4-course requirement. A maximum of 3 credits of independent study may be credited toward the minor.