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The Minor

 

Requirements

The 18-credit minor in Women's Studies, students complete:

  • Five courses, three of which must be gender-focused, and two others, which may be gender-focused or gender-component courses.
  • WS 301 Women's Studies Capstone Seminar after completing the other five courses.


Gender-focused classes are composed wholly of gender issues; in gender-component classes, at least one-third of the material deals with gender.

Courses must be chosen from a variety of fields and disciplines. Courses taken to fulfill arts and sciences core requirements may be used to fulfill requirements for the minor with the permission of the program director.