Women's Studies Minor (19 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   WS 222 : Introduction to Women's Studies.
   WS 222 : Introduction to Women's Studies.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of scholarship about women's lives; new historical, sociological, psychological, and literary approaches that inform our understanding of women's experience.
   
   
   WS 392R : Women's Studies Colloquium. (two enrollments required)
   WS 392R : Women's Studies Colloquium.(two enrollments required)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Scholarly findings presented by researchers on topics relating to women's lives and experiences throughout history, across the world, and within ethnic, educational, and economic segments of society.
   
   
   WS 492 : Women's Studies Senior Research Seminar.
   WS 492 : Women's Studies Senior Research Seminar.
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	WS 222.
   DESCRIPTION:	Synthesis of interdisciplinary studies of women; comparative analysis of methods used in research on women; group or individual senior research papers required.
   
   
2. Complete two courses from the following:
   ENGL 396 : Studies in Women's Literature.
   ENGL 396 : Studies in Women's Literature.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Female-authored literary texts and literary theory concerning women.
   NOTE:	A core class for the women's studies minor.
   
   
   HIST 384 : United States Women's History.
   HIST 384 : United States Women's History.
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey course of women's experience in American culture and society from the Puritans to the present.
   
   
   PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women.
   PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women.
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   RECOMMENDED:	PlSc 200 or Hist 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effects upon national, international, and developmental policies when women are rendered visible and valued.
   
   
   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender.
   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 301, 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Biological and social contributions to sex role development, sexual self-concept, and complementarity of sex roles.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test.
   
   
   SFL 371 : Work and Relationships in the Home.
   SFL 371 : Work and Relationships in the Home.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	MFHD 160.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theoretical and practical implications of interplay between household work, family relationships, and human resource development.
   
   
   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender.
   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Gender in social institutions: family, social hierarchies, economics, education, organizations, religion, and science.
   
   
3. Complete two elective courses from the following:
   HLTH 450 : Women's Health Issues.
   HLTH 450 : Women's Health Issues.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of selected health topics affecting women's health status. Primary emphasis on steps to enhance personal health and fulfill divine roles from childhood through adulthood.
   
   
   HIST 378 : American Family History.
   HIST 378 : American Family History.
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   History of American families from colonial period to the present.
   
   
   NDFS 424 : Nutrition Through the Life Cycle.
   NDFS 424 : Nutrition Through the Life Cycle.
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	NDFS 300 or 305 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Dietary recommendations for pregnancy and lactation; infant feeding; nutritional requirements, diet, and health concerns of preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and the elderly.
   
   
   SFL 461 : The Family and the Law.
   SFL 461 : The Family and the Law.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	SFL 160.
   DESCRIPTION:	Legal environment of the family system, with emphasis on husband-wife and parent-child relationships, rights, and responsibilities.
   
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations.
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   DESCRIPTION:	Social psychological and social structural analysis of racial and ethnic relations; prejudice, discrimination, responses, protests, current issues.
   
   
   SOC 460 : Issues in Family Sociology.
   SOC 460 : Issues in Family Sociology.
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Soc 310.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced sociological analysis of current issues relating to the family (e.g., theory, methodology, parenting, marriage, divorce, family crises, race, gender, etc.).
   
   
   WS 390R : Women's Studies Special Topics.
   WS 390R : Women's Studies Special Topics.
   

   DESCRIPTION:

   Subjects related to women’s studies, including European’s women’s history, British colonial writers, women in the scriptures, German women’s literature, women entrepreneurs, women’s health care concepts, etc.

   WS 499R : Independent Research. (3 hours required)
   WS 499R : Independent Research. (3 hours required)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Course-related instructional activities or laboratory/field research in women's studies issues.