Curriculum
Many departments offer courses in Women's Studies and related areas. Women's Studies minors may also earn credits from certain special topics courses and independent studies.
Women's Studies 201 (WMST 201) provides a foundation for the minor. To complete the remaining 15 hours, you may choose any Women's Studies courses, with the restriction that no more than six hours may be taken in any prefix area.
Spring 2012 Semester
- ANTH 261/ SOC 261 Human Sexuality
This course deals with the study of human sexuality as it relates to anthropology and sociology. Topics include: primate sexuality, evolution of sexuality, human reproductive physiology, sexual behavior in non-Western cultures, and sociological perspectives on sexuality in contemporary American society.
- ANTH 455 Cross-Cultural Study of Women
The course is a critical review of literature on sex roles and the status of women from a cross-cultural perspective.
- PHIL 292/POLS 263 Topics: Philosophy of Sex and Love
This course focuses on questions that philosophers have been thinking and writing about since the beginning of philosophy. Though reference will be made to great political thinkers of the past, primary emphasis is placed on viewing issues in the contemporary context.
- PSYC 366 Understanding the Sexes
This course provides an analysis of the similarities and differences in the behavior, values and roles of American men and women.
- SPCM 415 Communication and Gender
This is a study of gender theories as well as gendered communication practices within the contexts of interpersonal and organizational relationships and social and cultural forces.
For more elective courses offered during other semesters see our Undergraduate Catalog.