Mar 13, 2025

2010-2011 General Catalog

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Women and Gender Studies Minor

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(2.5 GPA)

To complete the minor, students must select 18 credits from the list below or from the course list published each semester and must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.5 in these courses.

Courses for the Area Studies Certificate and Minor in Women and Gender Studies: (Area Studies, 24 credits; Minor, 18 credits)

Required Course (3 credits)

WGS 1010 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (BSS) 3

Electives (Minor, 15 credits; Area Studies, 21 credits)

For the minor, select 15 credits from the following list. For the area studies certificate, select 21 credits.

ANTH 5100 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender (DSS) 3 or
ANTH 6100 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender 3
ARTH 4790 - Art History Seminar and Special Problems 1-6 (3 credits maximum)
BIOL 4750 - Topics in Biology 1-3 (3 credits required) or
BIOL 6750 - Topics in Biology 1-3 (3 credits required)
ENGL 3030 - Perspectives in Literature (DHA) 3
ENGL 3070 - Perspectives in Folklore (DHA) 3 or
ENGL 6700 - Folklore Theory and Method 3
ENGL 3300 - Period Studies in American Literature 3
ENGL 3510 - Young Adult Literature 3
ENGL 3520 - Multicultural American Literature 3
ENGL 3620 - Native American Studies 3
ENGL 3710 - Folklore Colloquium (CI) 3 or
HIST 3710 - Folklore Colloquium (CI) 3 or
RELS 3710 - Folklore Colloquium (CI) 3
ENGL 4320 - British Writers 3
ENGL 4350 - Studies in Poetry 3
ENGL 4360 - Studies in Drama/Film 3
ENGL 4370 - Studies in Nonfiction Prose 3
ENGL 4610 - Western American Literature 3
ENGL 5300 - Literature, Arts and Culture (CI) 3
ENGL 5320 - Literature, Politics and Society (CI) 3
ENGL 5340 - Literature, Science and Environment (CI) 3
ENGL 6330 - Topics in Literary Studies 3
ENVS 4950 - Special Topics 1-3 (3 credits maximum) or
ENVS 6900 - Graduate Special Topics 1-6 (3 credits maximum)
FCHD 3110 - Human Sexuality 3
HIST 4550 - Women and Gender in America (DHA/CI) 3 or
WGS 4550 - Women and Gender in America (DHA/CI) 3
HIST 4730 - History of Black America (CI) 3
JCOM 3410 - Film as Cultural Communication (DSS) 3
JCOM 4400 - Mass Media Criticism 3 or
JCOM 6400 - Mass Media Criticism 3
SOC 3010 - Social Inequality 3
SOC 4370 - Sociology of Gender 3
SOC 4730 - Women in International Development 3
SOC 6420 - Gender and Social Inequality 3
SOC 6730 - Gender and International Development 3
SPAN 4900 - Topics of Spanish Literature 3
SPAN 4910 - Topics of Latin American Literature 3
WGS 2010 - Women and Leadership 3
WGS 4410 - Gender and the Mass Media 3 or
JCOM 4410 - Gender and the Mass Media 3 or
WGS 6410 - Gender and the Mass Media 3 or
JCOM 6410 - Gender and the Mass Media 3
WGS 4900 - Directed Study: Women and Gender Studies 1-3

Note:

For additional course offerings, please consult the Women and Gender Studies website: http://www.usu.edu/womenstudies/