Gender and Society (Minor)
The gender and society minor provides students with the tools they need to participate competently in society’s current and ongoing conversation about gender. It illuminates the images of femininity and masculinity that shape cultural representations of gender, offers new insight into human difference and diversity, and enhances individual choice and our common humanity. This minor enhances career preparation in that students will be well suited for jobs with advocacy groups; human rights organizations; environmental and consumer groups; health care organizations; and youth, elderly, and social services.
Minor Requirements
Minor Required Courses
| GEND 200 | Approaches to Gender and Society * | 3 |
| GEND 420 | Gender and Society Capstone | 3 |
Minor Elective Courses
Twelve (12) credits in a minimum of three academic disciplines (9 credits outside the major), choosing from the following:
| CJ 325 | Gender and the Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| COMM 220 | Intercultural Communication * | 3 |
| COMM 304 | Media Criticism * | 3 |
| COMM 360 | Communication and Gender * | 3 |
| EN 140 | Gender and Sexuality in Literature and Culture * | 3 |
| EN 162 | American Voices * | 3 |
| EN 340 | Major Women Writers * | 3 |
| GEND 300 | Advanced Gender Studies | 3 |
| HI 331 | Women in the United States * | 3 |
| PSY 110 | Human Growth and Development * | 3 |
| PSY 321 | Psychology of Gender * | 3 |
| SOC 350 | Social Justice * | 3 |
| SOC 365 | Gender Inequality in Global Perspective * | 3 |
| SOC 375 | Topics in Human Rights * | 3 |
| TRS 362 | Friendship, Marriage, and God * | 3 |