Gender Studies Minor

Gender-Focused Courses

(minimally 4 different departments)

• COMM 270 - Communication and Gender
• ENGL 234 - Gender and Literature
• ENGL 372 - Sociolinguistics and Issues in Language Education
• FREN 374 - Women and Gender in French Literature and Culture
• GERM 372 - Outside Voices: German Culture from the Margins
• HIST 256 - Women and Gender in US History
• HIST 356 - American Social and Cultural History
• HIST 376 - Studies in the History of Women and Gender
• PHIL 211 - Philosophy of Gender
• PSYC 222 - Human Sexuality and Gender
• SOC 201 - The Family
• SOC 250 - Diversity and Inequality in the United States
• SOC 301 - Gender and Sexuality in the United States
• Interims that have been approved as gender-focused. Only one interim can be used to fulfill this requirement.

Gender-Contracted Courses

On the occasion that a student is not able to take an established course or interim, a student may negotiate a contract with a professor to add the gender-contracted components to a non-gender-focused course.

Minors negotiate a contract in a non-gender-focused class to add a significant and theoretically focused gender component to normal class requirements. Examples of additional components include gender-focused readings, research, projects, papers, or service-learning activities. The student should identify a non-gender course for which the professor is committed to guiding the student in learning gender aspects relevant to the topic. The student should consult with the course professor to agree upon the appropriate additional gender-focused components. The details of the agreement should be approved by the director of the gender studies minor early in the semester.

Examples of courses that have worked and can work well for a gender contract are

• FREN 394 -FREN 396  (French literature capstones);
• HIST 362 - Studies in Ancient and Medieval Europe ; and
• COMM 260 - Interpersonal Communication .