Undergraduate Minor
[ Eligibility | Requirements | Declaring the Minor ]
[ LAS Supporting Coursework | Teacher Education Minor ]
Eligibility
Undergraduate students in any college of the university may elect to complete an interdisciplinary minor in Gender & Women's Studies.
Requirements
Students must complete a total of 21 hours in a program of courses approved by the Gender & Women's Studies Program. The requirements for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Gender & Women's Studies through the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are as follows:
6 hours |
Two of the following three Gender & Women's Studies courses:
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9 hours |
Advanced courses (300-400 level) |
6 hours |
GWS Electives (Courses listed as or approved by GWS) |
21 hours |
Total Hours with a minimum 2.75 GPA in the minor |
Declaring the Minor
To enroll as a Gender & Women's Studies Minor, undergraduates must visit the Gender & Women's Studies Program office, at 911 S. Sixth Street, the northwest corner of Sixth and Chalmers.
LAS "Supporting Coursework"
The Gender & Women's Studies Minor can often be used to fulfill the "Supporting Coursework" requirement for many LAS majors. Check with your departmental advisor to see if this is an option for you. Note that Gender & Women's Studies courses that are cross-listed with a student's major department are not eligible to be considered supporting coursework. For example, a sociology major could not use GWS 260 as supporting coursework because it is cross listed with SOC 145.
Teacher Education Minor in Gender & Women's Studies
The Teacher education minor is only available to students seeking to add additional teaching fields to their teaching majors. This minor does not lead to an endorsement in an additional teaching field.
3 hours |
GWS 250 - Intro to Gender & Women's Studies in the Humanities |
3 hours |
GWS 260 - Intro to Gender & Women's Studies in the Social Sciences |
3 hours |
Course in sex role socialization |
15 hours |
Other GWS courses, no more than 6 hours at the 100 level, either offered by or cross listed with the Gender & Women's Studies Program. These courses should form a coherent program, planned in consultation with an advisor in the Gender & Women's Studies Program, and an advisor in the student's major. At least four of the elective courses must be from the humanities (in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or in the College of Fine and Applied Arts) or the social and behavioral sciences (in the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the Department of Economics). |
24 hours |
Total Hours |
