Curriculum for Minor in Sexualities and Gender (SGST)
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The SGST minor consists of 18 credits: three required courses and three
elective courses of three credits each. From the elective courses students
should take at least two courses at the 300 or 400 level. The minor
represents a broad array of already existing, regularly offered courses
across the College of Arts and Sciences (and other colleges), as well as
new courses.
Required Courses
(9 credits)
- SGST/WOMS 200 Cultural Introduction to Sexualities
and Gender Studies*
- BISC 152 Biology of Human Sexuality or
IFST/WOMS/HESC 401 Foundations of Human Sexuality or
PSCH 336 Psychology of Human Sexuality
- PHIL/WOMS 216 Introduction to Feminist Theory or
PHIL/WOMS/BAMS 327 Race, Gender, Science
Elective Courses (9 credits)
- ANTH/WOMS 305 The Evolution of Human Sex Roles and Reproduction
- ENGL 214 Literature and Gender/Sexuality
- ENGL/WOMS 380 Women Writers: when offered as Virginia Woolf and Lesbian Writing**
- ENGL 480 Seminar: when offered as Sexuality and Identity in the Age of Enlightenment**
- FLLT 330 Varying Authors and Genres: when offered as (Homo) Sexualities in
Pre-Modern Europe**
Fulfills Group B Requirement
- IFST 338 Sexuality in Contemporary Society
- MSST 215 Queer Sexual Imagery in the Visual Arts
- POSC 401 Topics in Constitutional Law: when offered as Law and Sexuality**
- SGST/WOMS 208 Current Issues in Sexuality and Gender*
- SGST/WOMS 301 Gay and Lesbian Film*
- SOCI/WOMS 213 Men and Women in American Society
- SOCI/WOMS 407 Sociology of Sex and Gender
- Other courses as approved by the faculty coordinator of the minor and the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee.
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*new course, previously offered under ARSC/WOMS rubric.
**Topics course that counts toward minor when offered with appropriate content.
