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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - WOMEN'S AND GENDER
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Women's and
Gender Studies
The Women’s and Gender
Studies Program offers undergraduate and graduate students
opportunities
to learn about issues relating to gender, women, and
feminism. Students may choose to take individual courses, a
cluster of related courses, or a full minor in Women’s and
Gender Studies. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program is
committed to fostering personal growth by challenging gender
stereotypes of women and men and equipping individuals with
the knowledge and skills necessary to empower women and
improve gender relations in an ever changing society. Most
students find Women’s and Gender Studies courses personally
interesting, as well as helpful preparation for careers in
health and human services, education, law, human resources,
art, and business.
MINOR IN
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
The Women’s and Gender Studies minor is open to all students
regardless of gender and requires completion of at least 18
hours in approved courses. A maximum of nine hours may be
earned from any one department or program outside of Women’s
and Gender Studies. Students minoring in Women’s and Gender
Studies must complete the following requirements:
1) WGST 1101 Introduction to Women's Studies (3) OR WGST
3102 Changing Realities of Women's Lives (3)
2) WGST 3220/3221 Feminist Thought (3) OR WGST 3820 Feminist
Philosophy (3) OR Another Approved WGST topics course (to be
determined by coordinator)
3) Any WGST at the 4000 level
4) Nine hours of electives
 Elective
courses can be chosen from any department’s or program’s
offerings, as long as (a) the course deals substantially
with gender, women, feminism, sexuality, or related social
movements and (b) the courses are approved by the Director
of Women’s and Gender Studies. Students minoring in Women’s
and Gender Studies should check their choices of electives
with the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, both when
they are planning their minor and when they are reviewing it
in preparation for graduation.
Examples of regularly taught courses in other departments
that count as Women’s and Gender Studies electives include,
but are not limited to:
AFRS 2215 Black Families in the U.S.
ANTH 2090 Gender, Culture, and Communication
ANTH 2123 Women in Crosscultural Perspective
ANTH 4131 Culture, Pregnancy and Birth
CJUS 4000 Gender, Race, and Justice
COMM 2110 Women and the Media
COMM 3110 Gender and Communication
ENGL 4002 Women in and Literature
GRNT 4260 Women: Middle Age and Beyond
HIST 2150 U.S. Women’s History to 1877
HIST 2151 U.S. Women’s History Since 1877
HIST 2152 European Women’s History
HIST 3000/AMST 3050 Southern Women’s History
NURS 4191 Women’s Health Issues
PHIL 3820 Feminist Philosophy
PSYC 3126 Psychology of Women
SOCY 2132 Marriage and Family
SOCY 2163 Sociology of Gender
SOCY 3261 Human Sexuality
SOCY 4090 New Theoretical Approaches to Gender
SOCY 4165 Sociology of Women
SPAN 3019 Hispanic Women Writers in English Translation
Courses approved for the minor that are taught infrequently:
AFRS 4106/ENGL 4156 Gender in African-American Literature
ANTH 2090/AAAS 3050 Gender in a Transforming Africa
ARTS 3001 Women in Art
CJUS 4162 Seminar on Sexual Assault
ENGL 4050 Native American Women
ENGL 4050 Gender and Shakespeare
HIST 3131 History of Sexuality
HIST 3168 Women and Family in Modern East Asia
RELS 3050 Religion and Gender
RELS 3111 Women and Judaism
THEA 4001 Women’s Writings Onscreen
THEA 4001 Violent Film Females
A complete list of courses approved for the minor in Women’s
and Gender Studies is available in the Women’s and Gender
Studies Program Office.
Graduate Courses. The Women’s and Gender Studies
Program regularly offers advanced graduate-level courses and
a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s and
Gender Studies for students wishing to include the study of
women, gender, or feminism in their graduate work. These
courses (and the graduate certificate they form the core
of), enable graduate students to pursue their own research
while they develop a substantial background in the field.
Please see the
UNC Charlotte Graduate Catalog
for details.
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