Women’s Studies

Coordinator: Weaver

The minor consists of 20 semester hours, including WMST:100 Introduction to Women’s Studies (4 SH) and WMST:500 Research/Practicum in Women’s Studies (2–4 SH), with the remaining semester hours coming from the array of courses listed below, as well as other women’s studies courses offered on occasion by individual departments.

Learning goals:

  • To use gender as a tool of analysis.
  • To emphasize gender and how it intersects with race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, geography and other identity markers.
  • To demonstrate the connections between theory and practice.