The course list below is a sampling of classes that have been offered in the past. In an attempt to offer as many courses as possible, not every class will be taught every semester. GWS courses are not limited to the options below and there are constantly new additions. If there is a special interest in one area, a student may choose to take an independent study and define her or his own course of study. 
Required for the Gender/Women's Studies Minor
GS 101 Introduction to Gender/Women's Studies (3 credits)
GS 203 Gender Issues in Society (3 credits)
AND choose:
Three additional course, designated as fulfilling the minor, no more than two from any one department, two of which must be at the 200-level or above.  GS 308 Special topics in Gender/Women's Studies is highly recommended.  A sampling of Gender/Women's Studies electives includes but is not restricted to:

Courses within the GWS Program:
Introduction to Gender/Women's Studies:  This course is a requirement for the GWS minors starting with the class of 2004 and is highly recommended for all other GWS minors.  It lays a basic foundation in the area of Women's Studies and women's issues, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Studies, and Masculinist Studies. 
Gender Issues in Society: This course is a requirement for the GWS program and is usually offered in the spring. Through a variety of guest speakers from a variety of disciplines, the course explores how gender differences are experienced and understood.  [LSR: Culture and Civilization.]
 
Special Topics in Gender Studies: This course is highly recommended for the GWS Program. It is an advanced seminar and may cover (but is not limited to) Sex and Sexuality from a Gender Perspective, Gender and Sports, Masculinities, Gender and Business, and Feminist Theory.  Each time that the course is offered there may be a new topic.  Prerequisites GS 101 or GS 203.
Independent Research in Gender/Women's Studies: This course give GWS minors the option of doing independent research in the fiend wit ha professor who teaches in the GWS program. Independent research can take place in the junior or senior year and needs the approval of both the GWS coordinator and the supervising professor.   [Prerequisites:  GS 101 ,203] 
 Courses in other Departments that count towards the GWS minor:
Contemporary Feminist Art: This course covers feminist visual art from the early 1970's to the present. Topics will include: the body, gender construction, visual representation of the female body, women artists, eco-feminism, etc.
 
Gender, Sexuality and Literature: In this course, gender is viewed through various novels including: Written on the Body, Lolita, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Delta of Venus.
 
Women's Literature: This course explores selected works by women writers. There will be discussion of themes such as patriarchy, access to political power, women's biology, the environment, language, and women's history.
 
Women in American Society: This course serves as an introduction to the major themes of American Women from the colonial period to the present.
 
Topics in Women's History: This course offers a topical exploration of issues in Women's History from the seventeenth century to the twentieth centuries. Topics may include but are not limited to; women in the colonial and Revolutionary America, women in professions, or women in utopia.
 

Gender Issues in Psychology: This course examines the social construction of gender. In it students study family structure, sex role development, pedagogy, psychopathology, and abuse and victimization from a gender perspective.

 
Women's Spirituality; Theological Insight From the Boundary: An investigation of recurring themes, images and concerns raised in women's spirituality. Students survey a variety of women's experiences through a critical examination of representative text, themes, and lives.
 
Woman and Cinema: In this course students study multiple voices in feminist film criticism through screenings of films, about women directed by men, about women directed by women, and classic texts. In addition to their status as erotic spectacle, women have made profound contributions as writers, directors and technicians.
 
Feminist Theology: This course introduces the student to the issues, methodologies, and conclusions of feminist theology as these have evolved during the last 20 years. The course will critically examine the ecclesial, theological, and doctrinal import and validity of these studies.
 
Gender and Political Theory: This course takes seriously the idea that political theories that must be evaluated with respect to gender, that different theories treat women and men differently, and that such treatment may matter very much to lives of both sexes.
Anthropological Perspectives on Gender: This course uses cross cultural data and theories of gender to examine social relations of power, individual and collective identity, and the fabric of meaning and value in society. 
 

Courses that may count towards the GWS minor.
Before taking the course, a student needs to consult with the GWS director and the professor of the course concerning special requirements.  These requirements may include extra course work in GWS, or using the current format of the class to focus on a GWS topic. Depending on the Special topic, the course may or may not count.  Please check this with the coordinator before registration. 
Social Inequalities
History of the American Family
Critical Theory
African American Literature
Modernist Poetry
Child Development

Adolescent and Adult Development

Genres: Film

Genres: Fiction

18th Century Literature II

Victorian Novel

Special Topics in Film

Topics in Medieval History 

Caribbean Literature