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
   
   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.