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Minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies

The Gender and Sexuality Studies program provides students the opportunity to study how gender structures our lives, ideas, institutions, society, and cultural practices. As an interdisciplinary program, Gender and Sexuality Studies combines the analytic tools of different disciplines, incorporating both practical and theoretical approaches to understanding how gender functions. The program also addresses how differences in racial, ethnic, class, and sexual identity structure the complex nature of gender-based inequity, injustice, and systematic oppression of women.

For further information about policies related to minors, see the Program Policies page.

Course Title Credits
Select four of the following: 112
American Icons
Passing in American Literature
Women in Literature
Women and Film
Wonder Women
The Male Image in American Film
LGBQ American Literature
Transgender American Literature
Queer and Trans Media Studies
Cultural Studies and the Body
The Television Industry
The Developing World
Gender & Politics Worldwide
Fashion Film and Food in South Asia
Women and Gender in South Asia
U.S. Women's History
Sex, Gender, and Power
Sex and American Culture
Gender and the Law
Race and the Law
Laws that Oppress and Empower: Disability and LGBTQ+ Rights
Managing Diversity in the Workplace
Feminist Theory
Psychological Diagnoses and Mental Health
Gender Psychology
Nonverbal Behavior and Judging Others
Race and Racism in the United States
Self, Diversity and Society
Total Credits12
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Other courses offered in a particular semester may also count toward the Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor. Students can check with the Gender and Sexuality Studies minor coordinator for more information.