Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Office: 239 Fenton Hall
[phone]
Jeffry Iovannone, Program Coordinator
Email: [e-mail]

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Office
Office: 171A Fenton Hall
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/interdisciplinary

Requirements for the Interdisciplinary Studies Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies (21 credit hours):

Completion of the interdisciplinary minor requires a minimum of 21 credit hours. Up to 6 credit hours of transfer credit may be applied to the minor, based on approval by the coordinator. No more than 9 credit hours should be used to fulfill the requirements of the student’s major. Students declaring the Women’s and Gender Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.

Required Courses (6 credits):

WGST 201	Introduction to Gender Studies	3
WGST 491	Gender and Social Change	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

NOTES:

• An E-portfolio will be used for program assessment, initiated in WGST 201 and finalized in WGST 491.
• WGST 201 is a pre-requisite for the Theoretical Frameworks and Experiential Learning categories; Theoretical Frameworks course is a pre-requisite to WGST 491.

Categories (at least 3 credit hours in each category - 15 credit hours):

Theoretical Frameworks

ECON 312	Women in the Economy	3
ENED 360	Multicultural English Education in Theory and Practice	3
AMST 296	American Identities	3
	or
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
PSY 391	Multicultural Counseling	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
	or
SOC 306	Sex and Gender	3
	or
ANTH 300	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
	or
HIST 335	American Women	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

• WGST 201 prerequisite

Sexual Norms and Behaviors

BIOL 360	AIDS and STDs	3
ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 255	Psychology of Women	3
	or
WGST 255	Psychology of Women	3
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
WGST 345	Women, Health and Society	3
	or
SOC 345	Women, Health and Society	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Transnational Issues

ANTH 342	Food and Culture	3
BIOL 360	AIDS and STDs	3
COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 395	Non-Western Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 370	Cross-Cultural Psychology	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
SOC 321	Population and Society	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 359	Ethnicity and Race	3
	or
HIST 359	Ethnicity and Race	3
	or
ETHN 359	Ethnicity and Race	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Cultural Practices

ANTH 342	Food and Culture	3
ARTH 230	Black Art and Visual Culture in the U.S. 1850 - Present	3
COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 242	American Indian Literature	3
	or
ETHN 242	American Indian Literature	3
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
	or
AMST 296	American Identities	3
ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
ENGL 351	Language and Society	3
SOC 303	Social Class and Inequality	3
WGST 203	Chicana Writers/Visual Artists	3
WGST 205	Women in Art	3
	or
ARTH 205	Women in Art	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
	or
SOC 306	Sex and Gender	3
	or
ANTH 300	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 304	Latina Literary and Cultural Studies	3
	or
ENGL 304	Latina Literature and Cultural Studies	3
	or
ETHN 304	Latina Literature and Cultural Studies	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
	or
HIST 335	American Women	3
WGST 336	African American Women's History	3
	or
HIST 336	African American Black Women's History	3
WGST 314	Women Writers	3
	or
ENGL 314	Women Writers	3
WGST 340	Black Women Writers	3
	or
ENGL 340	Black Women Writers	3
WGST 377	Special Topics	3
	or
COMM 373	Gender and Communication	3
WGST 386	Women in Global Cinema	4
	or
ENGL 386	Women in Global Cinema	4
WGST 405	French Women Writers	3
	or
LANG 405	French Women Writers	3
WGST 406	Women in French Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Experiential Learning

WGST 430	Independent Study	1-3
WGST 450	Internship in Women's and Gender Studies	1-4

NOTE:

• Coordinator's approval is required prior to registration for Experiential Learning.
• WGST 201 prerequisite.

Total Credit Hours: 21