WOMEN’S STUDIES
Charleen Dellinger-Pate
COORDINATOR

Compatible with any number of majors, this minor program helps students use general analysis and feminist perspectives as tools to evaluate and transform knowledge acquired through other more traditional academic disciplines. This minor also helps students prepare themselves for careers in academe, law, government, journalism, social work, the arts, education, or any area that deals directly or indirectly with women’s issues or concerns.
The women’s studies minor consists of 18 credits taken in a variety of fields. Students may wish to begin their program with WMS/SOC 215 — Women’s Changing Roles or ENG 217 — Themes in Literature: Women in Literature. Students should consult with a program adviser to plan individual programs.
To become a Women's Studies minor, you must complete the form available at the Women's Studies Office.

Required Courses
WMS/SOC 215 — Women’s Changing Roles
WMS/SOC 415 — Contemporary Feminist Theories
Electives
WMS 100 — Dynamics of Sex, Race, and Class
WMS 298 — Special Topics in Women's Studies
WMS 398 — Special Topics in Women's Studies
WMS 498 — Special Topics in Women's Studies
WMS/ANT 380 — The Anthropology of Women and Health
WMS/ART 317 — History of Women and Art
WMS/COM 312 — Communication and Gender
ENG 217 — Themes in Literature: Women in Literature
ENG 486 — Seminar in American Literature: American Women Dramatists
WMS/ENG 383 — American Women Writers
WMS/ENG 421 — Feminist Theory and Literary Criticism
WMS/HIS 213 — Women in U.S. History
WMS/HIS 217 Women in Modern Europe
WMS/HIS 318 — Women in American History 1620 - 1890
WMS/HIS 319 — Women in American History 1865 - Present
WMS/IDS 315 — Heroines, Villains and Victims
LIT 488 — Seminar in World Literature
WMS/MGT 401 — Women in Management Seminar
WMS/PCH 280 — Human Sexuality
WMSPCH 350 — Women’s Health Consciousness: Ages 18-40
WMS/PHI 309 — Women and Religion
WMS/PHI 310 — Women and Philosophy
WMS/PSC 320 — Women in Politics
WMS/PSY 412 — Psychology of Women
WMS/SED 308 — Women and Disabilities
WMS/SOC 315 — Sociology of Gender
WMS/SOC 316 — Women of the Third World
WMS/SOC 381 — Social Class, Women, Peace, and War
WMS/SOC 404 — Gender and the Law