Women’s Studies, Minor

The Interdisciplinary Studies Program also offers a minor in women’s studies, which will heighten awareness of women’s lives, issues, accomplishments, and contributions within the context of courses in literature, psychology, art, history, sociology, and political science.

The minor in women’s studies requires a minimum of 15 hours one of which must be

SOCI 3304

Feminist Theories

3

The remaining 12 hours are chosen from the following:

PSYC 2260	Psychology of Women	3
ENGL 2221	Women Writers	3
PSYC 4441	Internship in Human Services	1-3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6
HIST 3305	History of Women	3
SOCI 3357	Sociology of Gender and Sexuality	3
SOCI 4450	Family Violence	3

*See course descriptions in the appropriate sections of ENGL, HIST, POSC, PSYC, and SOCI .

Career Options

A women’s studies minor is useful for training in the professions: business, education, law, health sciences, social work, policy studies, or management. It also provides appropriate groundwork for graduate study in the social sciences and the humanities. On the personal level, course work in women’s studies enhances the human potential of both women and men by questioning and redefining societal values.