Students wishing to minor in Gender Studies complete five courses listed below and/or independent studies and internships for academic credit approved by the Gender Studies Program Oversight Committee.

It is also possible for students to pursue a major in Gender Studies through the College's Interdisciplinary Major program. Students interested in pursuing this option should consult with a member of the Gender Studies Program Oversight Committee.

The Courses

ANTHROPOLOGY 3200 GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
Explores environmental problems and gender-specific impacts in various cultural contexts, including the US. Examination of intersections between gender, local environments and social inequalities through cross-cultural case studies.

CLASSICAL STUDIES 3300 WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY
A study of the lives and social roles of women in ancient Greece and Rome.  Special consideration of the representation of women in literary and artistic media.  No prerequisite.  (HP, WII)

ENGLISH 2500 WOMEN AND AFRICAN LITERATURE
Perspectives on women in Africa as portrayed through the works of West African, North African, and American women writers.

HISTORY 3200 GENDER IN AFRICAN HISTORY
A seminar course designed to introduce students to the latest research on gender in Africa. This course will also introduce students to the rigors of historical writing, sources and criticism.

HISTORY 3850 AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY
This course seeks to illuminate the formation and function of American society from the colonial period through the Civil War.  It stresses the importance of class, gender, and race in the shaping of American Life.

HISTORY 4020 AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY
A seminar and discussion course centered on important texts in the history of American women from the colonial period to the present.

HUMANITIES 2500/SOCIAL SCIENCES 2500
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER STUDIES
An interdisciplinary course designed for first or second year students which will explore men's and women's experiences in American society and the role that ideas about sexual differences have played in shaping those experiences. Areas of inquiry will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of gender roles and sexuality; the relationship between gender and other social, political, and legal structures and institutions; and the interplay of gender with race, class, and ethnicity in cultural perceptions and expectations of both men and women. This course will strive to assist students in formulating questions about gender as it relates to their on-going work in various disciplines across the curriculum. Cross-listed as HUM 2500.

PHILOSOPHY 3100 FEMINIST THOUGHT
Study of women' experience under patriarchy and of the philosophical, theological, and social criticisms arising therefrom.

POLITICS 3800 GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND AMERICAN POLITICS
An upper-level course focusing on the impacts of gender and sexuality on politics in the American context. A focus will be on the histories of the women's rights and gay rights movements, examining their similarities and differences.

PSYCHOLOGY 4000 PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
Biological, psychological, and social similarities and differences of females and males. Development, stereotypes, sexuality, relationships, and aggression. Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 plus one other psychology course (excluding Statistics), and junior or senior standing.

RELIGION 2650 WOMEN AND RELIGION
An examination of assumptions about women's roles in the world's religious traditions, especially in relation to the changing roles of women and men, women's spiritual needs, and new forms of women's religious expression.

SOCIOLOGY 2500 GENDER AND FAMILY
Comparative family systems and the social construction of male and female gender roles in a cross-cultural perspective.

SOCIOLOGY 3900 SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Sex, race, and class in contemporary society with attention to prejudice, stereotypes, institutional discrimination, and related public policy issues. Offered in 1998-99 and alternate years.