Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

Linda Levitt, coordinator
Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 415
Phone: (936) 468-1236
Email: levittlb@sfasu.edu
Web: sfasu.edu/oidp

Advisory Committee
Jill Carrington (art), Karol Chandler-Ezell (social and cultural analysis), Anne Collins Smith (Division of Multidisciplinary Programs), Dana Cooper (history), Dianne Dentice (social and cultural analysis), Piero Fenci (art), Ann Wilder (social work)

Objectives

A minor in women’s and gender studies merges the academic journey with the personal one. It recognizes gender as a primary category that organizes and directs our lives. By combining courses across disciplines, the program exposes students to a variety of perspectives and research methods. It permits individuals to develop their own interests as they analyze and deepen their understanding of gender in their everyday lives and in the world. The minor will enhance students’ sense of personal identity and their competence in any occupation. It will enrich their experiences as citizens in a diverse and changing world.

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor Course Requirements

Required Courses

COM 401 - Topics in Communication Credit(s): 3
SOC 330 - Sociology of Gender Credit(s): 3

Elective Courses

All substitutions for required and elective courses must be approved by the director of the Division of Multidisciplinary Programs .

Twelve hours from among the following in a minimum of three disciplines; six of these hours must be upper-level:

ANT 231 - Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANT 350 - Human Physical Variation Credit(s): 3
ART 447 - Imaging the Body Credit(s): 3
CJS 360 - Gender and Crime Credit(s): 3
ENG 350 - Children’s Literature Credit(s): 3
ENG 351 - Fairy Tales Credit(s): 3
ENG 356 - Young Adult Literature Credit(s): 3
ENG 448 - Women Writers Credit(s): 3
HIS 314 - Women’s History Credit(s): 3
HMS 230 - Cultural Aspects of Clothing Credit(s): 3
HMS 336 - Human Growth, Development and Aging in the Family Content Credit(s): 3
HMS 350 - Human Sexuality and Family Credit(s): 3
HMS 353 - Parenting Credit(s): 3
HMS 459 - Family Development Credit(s): 3
PSY 153 - Human Sexuality Credit(s): 3
SOC 253 - Society and Identity Credit(s): 3
SOC 338 - Social Problems Credit(s): 3
SOC 477 - Topics in Sociology Credit(s): 1-3
SWK 425 - Multicultural Social Work Credit(s): 3

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

Objectives

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor Course Requirements

Required Courses

Elective Courses

Minimum Total Hours: 18