- Required Courses (20 Credits)
- Gender Studies 100
- 16 credits in general or foundational Gender Studies electives, with at least 8 credits at the 300-level or above
- Notes
- Gender Studies allows up to 8 credits from other majors and minors to be applied toward the Gender Studies minor.
- Students are encouraged to consult with a Gender Studies faculty member to plan a program which will meet requirements of special interest and intellectual coherence, and will include courses across academic departments.
Gender Studies Foundation Electives
Note: Not all of the courses listed below are offered regularly. Students should consult the current course schedule to see which courses are available.
Some Special/Variable Topics courses not otherwise listed below may be applied to these categories. If applicable, such categories will be noted in the course description.
The following courses qualify as Gender Studies foundations courses. GAT (Gender Across Time), GGC (Gender in Global Context), and TM (Theory and Method) indicate the specific requirements to which a course may be applied. A course used to satisfy one foundations requirement may not be counted toward another.
Classics/Environmental Studies 205 Women & Nature in the Ancient World (GAT)
English 377/RWPD 380 Rhetorical Bodies (TM)
Gender Studies/Global Literatures/ Indigeneity, Race, And Ethnicity Studies 230 Unsettling Masculinities in French Fiction and Film (GGC, TM)
Gender Studies 238 Men and Masculinities (GAT, TM)
Gender Studies/Rhetoric, Writing & Public Discourse 250 Rhetoric, Gender & Sexuality (TM)
Gender Studies/Global Literatures/ Indigeneity, Race, And Ethnicity Studies 320 Trauma & its Aftermath: Narrative, Witnessing & Remembrance (TM, GGC)
Gender Studies 328 Queer Desires (TM)
Gender Studies 330 Affect Theory (TM)
Gender Studies 331 Feminism & Psychoanalysis (TM)
Gender Studies/Anthropology 358 Social Bodies, Diverse Identities: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender (GAT, GGC, TM)
Global Literature 395 Contemporary Literary Theory (TM)
History 214 Sex in the Casbah: Sex, Gender & Islam (GAT, GGC)
History 225 Cleopatra: History and Myth (GAT)
History 254 Social History of Stuff (GAT)
History 264 People Called Female: US Perspectives (GAT)
History/Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnic Studies 267 Protest & Organizing: A History of U.S. Social Movements (GAT)
History/Classics 280 The "Other" Greece & Rome (GAT)
History 300 Gender in Chinese History (GAT, GGC)
History 319 Women in Africa (GAT, GGC)
History 370 Histories of US Genders and Sexualities (GAT)
Politics 254 Gender & Race in Law & Policy (TM)
Politics 255 Gender, Race and the Environment (TM)
Politics 330 Indigenous Feminisms in the Americas (TM)
Politics 333 Feminist and Queer Legal Theory (TM)
Politics 335 The Politics of the Body as Territory (GGC)
Politics 359 Gender & International Hierarchy (GGC)
Religion 304 Muslim Bodies (GGC)
Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse 380/English 377 Rhetorical Bodies (TM)
Sociology 258 Gender & Society (TM)
Gender Studies General Electives
Note: Not all of the courses listed below are offered regularly. Students should consult the current course schedule to see which courses are available.
Some Special/Variable Topics courses not otherwise listed below may be applied to these categories. If applicable, such categories will be noted in the course description.
The following courses qualify as general Gender Studies electives.
Anthropology/Religion 303 Religion and Gender in Global Context
Art History 353 Blackness and the Arts
Art History 355 Indigenous Aesthetics: Native North American Art and Visual Culture
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies/Global Literatures 226 Race, Class, and Gender through Japanese Film and Literature
English 230 Intro to Shakespeare: Love, Sex, & Gender
Film and Media Studies 220 Identity, Gender, & Media
Film and Media Studies 315 Bad Objects
Gender Studies 460/Hispanic Studies 426 Queer Latinidades
Global Literatures 223/Japanese 423 Youth in Precarious Japan
Global Literatures 351/Hispanic Studies 451 Maid in Latin America: The Image of the Domestic Worker in Contemporary Cinema
Music 354 Women as Composers
Philosophy 235 Philosophy of Feminism
Philosophy 332 Reproduction
Politics 250 Reproduction and the State
Politics 311 Deservingness in U.S. Social Policy
Politics 325 Queer Politics & Policy
Politics 365 Political Economy of Care Work
Psychology 239 Psychology of Gender
Psychology 309 Science of Sexual Orientation
Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse 332 Coalition, Identity, and Difference in Social Movements
Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse 365 Rhetoric & Violence
Sociology 257 Sociology of the Family
Sport Studies, Recreation, and Athletics 328 Women & Sport
Theater and Dance 218 Somatics