Gender Studies (Minor)
As a multidisciplinary minor, Gender Studies provides a framework through which students examine gender as it intersects with race, ethnicity, class, age, disability, and sexuality. Courses employ multicultural and international perspectives and draw from diverse disciplines, including: psychology, history, media, literature, politics, art history, social justice and cultural studies. An emphasis on rigor in critical analysis, writing and social critique are hallmarks of Gender Studies at Dominican.
The minor helps to prepare students for employment in social services, government, private industry and non-profit agencies.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the social construction of gender and the ways in which gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, age, disability, and sexuality.
- Apply feminist and gender theory to an analysis of gender, including an examination of the construction of femininity and masculinity.
- Recognize the global, scientific, cultural, historical, or political issues that have created distinctions and disruptions among women, men, and sexual minorities.
- Explore theoretical and practical aspects of social justice as they relate to gender, women and sexuality.
Requirements
Required Courses
Student selects four of the following 4-unit courses.
Total Credit Hours: 16