Minor Requirements
The requirements for a minor in women’s and gender studies are 20-32 credits (certain electives require additional prerequisite credits):
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Women's and Gender Studies Courses | ||
| WGS 201 | Women's and Gender Studies: Frameworks and Issues 1 | 4 |
| Additional Credits | ||
| Select 16 additional credits from the following: | 16 | |
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Writing of Women | ||
| Race, Gender, and Power in the Francophone World | ||
| Topics in German Film (when the focus is on women, gender or feminism) | ||
| Behind Closed Doors: Ancient Gender and Sexuality | ||
| Women and Art | ||
| U.S. Women's History | ||
| Women and Development: The Asian Experience | ||
| Philosophy of Feminism | ||
| Psychology of Gender 2 | ||
| Women, Religion and Literature | ||
| Women's Religious History | ||
| Gender, Self and Society | ||
| Society and Human Sexuality | ||
| Hispanic Women Writers 2 | ||
| Women and Theatre | ||
| Total Hours | 20 | |
- 1
All minors must take WGS 201 Women's and Gender Studies: Frameworks and Issues. Because this course provides a theoretical framework, women’s and gender studies students are encouraged to take it as early as possible in pursuing a minor.
- 2
Note: PSYC 383 Psychology of Gender, and SPAN 425 Hispanic Women Writers require prerequisite courses, which will increase the total number of credits for the minor.
- No more than 6 credits may be accumulated from WGS 390 Academic Internship, WGS 480 Independent Study and WGS 490 Practicum.
- Students may apply to have a First-Year Seminar, Capstone and other Concordia courses counted toward completion of a women’s and gender studies minor if the content, pedagogy and assignments of the course fit the goals and outcomes of the minor. For procedures and forms contact the co-directors.