Minor requirements

Women’s Studies minor worksheet

The minor in women’s studies consists of five or more courses: WMST 101 Introduction to Women's Studies or WMST 228 Transnational Feminisms, and three electives, only one of which may be taken at the 100 level. At least one class must be at the 300-level. Students who have completed at least one 300-level theory class (WMST 312 or WMST 315) are strongly encouraged to take WMST 401, the Senior Seminar (with permission of the instructor). Students are encouraged to do an interdisciplinary independent study and related internships.

Women’s studies courses

Anthropology

ANTH 255 Women in Africa
ANTH 260 Women and Development
ANTH 311 Violence against Women
ANTH 350 Gender and Social Organization

Art History

ARTH 336 Sex and Death in Early Modern Venice
ARTH 311 Anatomies 1400-1600: Sexual, Forbidden and Monstrous

Classics

CLAS 266 Women, Power and Paganism

Economics

ECON 233 Sweatshops in the World Economy
ECON 241 Women in United States Economy

English

ENG 236 Sex, Work and the Victorians
ENG 240 Gender, Genre and Poetry
ENG 247 Feminist Fiction
ENG 272 Romancing the Novel
ENG 343 Fictions of the Modern
ENG 348 Sexual Politics of Film Noir
ENG 377 Feminist Criticism

French

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

German

GER 267 Lulu, Lola and Leni: Women of German Cinema

Hispanic Studies

HISP 320 Spanish Women in the Golden Age
HISP 370 Studies on Hispanic Women Writers

History

HIST 232 Women in North America to 1790
HIST 233 United States Women, 1790-1890
HIST 234 United States Women since 1890
HIST 340 Sex and Work
HIST 341 Sex and Culture in the 19th Century U.S.
HIST 398 Sex and Gender

Italian

ITAS 235 Italian Women Writers in Translation
ITAS 298 Constructing Women Writers and Saints: 1200-1500

Philosophy

PHIL 255 Feminism, Philosophy and the Law

Political Science

POLS 025 Legal Issues in Public Policy: The Law of Sexuality and Gender

Psychology

PSY 261 Psychobiology of Sex and Gender
PSY 235 Human Sexuality
PSY 290 Psychology of Women

Religion

REL 142 Religion and Sexuality

Russian

RUSS 284 Women in Russian Culture

Sociology

SOC 235 Families in Transition
SOC 260 Gender Inequality
SOC 290 Sociology of Sexualities
SOC 310 Beyond Global Feminism
SOC 311 Violence against Women
SOC 320 Race, Gender and Poverty
SOC 392 Feminist Research

Women’s Studies

WMST 101 Introduction to Women's Studies
WMST 228 Transnational Feminisms
WMST 312 Feminist Theory
WMST 315 Black Feminist Theory
WMST 399 Independent Study
WMST 401 Senior Seminar

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