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Requirements for the Minor



A minimum of 18 credits (usually six 3-credit courses) distributed as follows:

1. One introductory course requirement (3 credits), selected from the following:

WSS 101/101Z  (Introduction to Feminisms)
WSS 220G/220M  (Introduction to Feminist Theory)
WSS/LCS/AAS 240  (Classism, Racism, and Sexism)

2. Five courses (15 additional credits), at least 9 of which must be at or above the 300-level. Courses regularly offered include:

HIS 256  (Women in European History)
HIS 293  (History of Women in the Americas)
WSS 106  (U.S. Women Who Changed Our World)
WSS 109N  (Women, Biology, and Health)
WSS 202/202Z  (Intro to Lesbian and Gay Studies)

WSS/JST 248  (Women in Jewish Life and Literature)
WSS 260  (History of Women and Social Change in the U.S.)
WSS/SOC 262M  (Sociology of Gender)
WSS/EAS 270  (Women in East Asian Literature)
WSS 281 (Women and the Media)
WSS 308  (Global Perspectives on Women)
WSS 310  (Current Issues in Feminism)

WSS/CLC 311/311Z  (Women in Antiquity)
WSS 320  (Feminist Pedagogy in Theory) (Open to Teaching Collective only)
WSS 322  (Feminist Pedagogy in Practice) (Open to Teaching Collective only)
WSS/POS 333  (Women and the Law)
WSS 342X  (Electronic Publishing in Women's Studies)
WSS/SOC 344/344Z  (Sociology of Women in Political Economy)
WSS/HIS/EAC 357  (Chinese Women and Modernity)
WSS 360  (Feminist Social and Political Thought)
WSS 361  (Gender and Nation in World Cinema)
WSS/ENG 362L  (Critical Approaches to Women in Literature)
WSS/ANT 365  (Anthropology of New Reproductive Technologies)
WSS/ENG 368L  (Women Writers)
WSS/ANT 381/381Z  (Anthropology of Gender)
WSS 412  (Race, Gender & Cultural Politics in Asian America)
WSS 450  (The Literature of Feminism)
WSS 465  (Feminist Theory)
WSS 490Z  (Research Seminar in Women's Studies)
WSS 492  (Feminist Research in Action) (Internship)

Special Topics courses in other departments that focus on women's issues are also acceptable with the approval of the Chair of the Women's Studies Department, or when offered as WSS 299, 399, or 498.

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