Women’s & Gender Studies

WHAT YOU’LL STUDY

The Women’s and Gender Studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on women’s and gender issues. Eighteen hours of specified coursework are required to earn a minor in women’s and gender issues.

Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies is the only course required for the minor.

You can customize the minor the way you’d like by selecting 15 hours of courses from the following:

• Gender and Art
• Women’s Literature
• Women’s World Literature
• Southern Women’s Writing
• Women in American History
• Family & Gender in Chinese History
• Race, Gender, Power in Latin America
• Human Sexuality
• Women in the Bible
• Marriage and the Family
• The Sociology of Gender
• Medieval Women Mystics

You can also talk with your minor advisor about earning course credit by conducting an internship, researching a special topic, or taking a course that covers subject matter that is not part of the regular curriculum.

You’ll need to make at least a “C” in each course to earn a minor in women’s and gender issues, although you might be allowed to make one “D.” The Department of Sociology may specify certain courses that you’ll need to make at least a “C” in, and you’ll need to make an overall average of “C” or better on all work presented for the minor.

You must take at least half of the hours required for the minor at PC. The Provost must approve any substitutions to the requirements of the women’s and gender issues minor prior to completion of the amended requirement.

Speak with your advisor or the chair of the sociology department about minimum grades allowed and any additional requirements for the women’s and gender issues minor.