Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Minor
The minor offers students the opportunity to think critically about the meaning and expression of gender and sexuality in everyday life, culture, and institutions. Students will develop an historical awareness of the role of feminism as well as LGBTQ movements in both local and global contexts. This history and the more contemporary lived practices of sex, gender, and sexual orientation will be contextualized in relation to other categories of difference. After completing the minor, students will be more versed in imagining effective ways to combat inequity and discrimination, and foster transformations of identities and social roles.
For the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor, at least 16 credit hours in designated courses are required.
Required Courses
| IN 200 | Introduction to Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies |
For the remaining 12 credits, students may choose from the following classes (for additional classes always check the semester registration listings):
| IN 125 | Topics in Gender Studies |
| IN 138 | Staging American Women: The Culture of the Burlesque |
| IN 318 | Women, Media, and Globalization |
| IN 319 | Feminist Cultural Theory |
| IN 404 | The Evolution of Queer Identity: History, Literature, Theory |
| IN 406 | Queer Dreams: Politics, Culture, and Difference |
| LI 210 | American Women Writers |
| LI 396 | International Women Writers** |
| LI 436 | Cultural Criticism |
| PS 306 | Psychology of Prejudice |
| SO 206 | Gender in a Global Perspective |
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