Graduate Minor in Women's Studies

Required Core Course for Master's and Doctoral minor candidates:

WS471/571 Seminar in Feminist Theory (3 credits)

For a Master's Degree minor candidate: 6 additional credit hours from upper level Women's Studies courses or courses cross-listed with Women's Studies and other departments/programs are required (9 credit hours total).

For a Doctoral Degree minor candidate: 9 additional credit hours from upper level Women's Studies courses or courses cross-listed with Women's Studies and other departments/programs are required (12 credit hours total).

List of Approved Graduate Courses:

W S 450. Special Topics 3 cr.
The topic of course will vary and will be indicated by subtitle. May be cross-listed with relevant courses at the 400-level from any specific department. May be repeated under different subtitle(s).

W S 451. Women's Studies Practicum 3 cr.
Supervised field work in community setting relating to women. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

W S 453. Women and Politics 3 cr.
Same as GOVT 453G.

W S 454. Women Crossing Borders 3 cr.
Experiences of women who cross class, race, cultural, national, or sexual borders including theories regarding women's Interactions across borders. Emphasis will vary with professor and discipline.

W S 455. Feminist Research Methods 3 cr.
Feminist research practices and methodologies utilized in various disciplines. Definitions of research, what constitutes valid inquiry, how research can be feminist, and what it means to do interdisciplinary work.

W S 456. Advanced Sociology of the Family 3 cr.
The family in various societies; evolution of the American family.

W S 459. Advanced Issues in Sex and Gender 3 cr.
Same as SOC 459.

W S 461. Women's Studies: Independent Study 3 cr.
Individual study of selected topic and writing of research paper. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

W S 463. Communication and Gender 3 cr.
Same as COMM 463.

W S 465. Sex, Gender and the Body across the Disciplines 3 cr.
Ways in which the body is used to construct identities and boundaries regarding race, gender, and class. Representations of the body across a variety of disciplines in the sciences and the humanities. Prerequisite: None

W S 471. Seminar in Feminist Theory 3 cr.
Current feminist theory. Topic changes by semester. Course subtitled in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisite: None

W S 474. Gender in East Asian History 3 cr.
Same as HIST 474.

W S 481. Hate Crimes and Hate Groups 3 cr.
Explores the phenomenon of hate-motivated violence. Examines the hate crime laws, organized hate groups and social theories attempting to explain violent hate.

W S 483. Spanish-American Women Writers 3 cr.
Same as SPAN 483.

W S 485. Sex Crimes 3 cr.
Dynamics of sex crimes for victims and offenders; plus consideration of the legal correction systems' response to sex crimes. Same as C J 485

W S 522. Graduate Study in a Literary Form or Genre 3 cr.
Same as ENGL 522.

W S 523. Graduate Study of a Major Author 3 cr.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits under different subtitles. Same as ENGL 523.

W S 533. Advanced Issues in Women, Gender, and Culture 3 cr. Same as ANTH 533.

W S 545. Advanced Victimology 3 cr.
Study of the risk factors in crime vicimization, the impact of crimes upon victims, and the role of the victim in the criminal justice system, consideration of the impact of criminal justice policy on victim outcomes. Same as CJ 545.

W S 550. Special Topics 3 cr.
The topic of course will vary and will be indicated by subtitle. May be cross-listed with relevant courses at the 500-level from any specific department. May be repeated under different subtitle(s).

W S 554. Advanced Issues in Women Crossing Borders 3 cr.
Experiences of women who cross class, race, cultural, national, or sexual borders including theories regarding women's interactions across borders.

W S 555. Advanced Feminist Research Methods 3 cr.
Advanced feminist research practices and methodologies utilized in various disciplines. Definitions of research, what constitutes valid inquiry, how research can be feminist, and what it means to do interdisciplinary work.

W S 559. Graduate Seminar in Sex and Gender 3 cr.
Same as SOC 559.

W S 561. Independent Graduate Research in Women's Studies 3 cr.
Individual study of selected topics and writing of a research paper. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Graded S/U.

W S 571. Advanced Seminar in Feminist Theory 3 cr.
Current feminist theory. Topic changes by semester. Course subtitled in the Schedule of Classes.

W S 574. Gender in East Asian History 3 cr.
Same as HIST 474 with differentiated assignments for graduate students. Required for graduate credit.

W S 583. Spanish-American Women Writers 3 cr.
Same as SPAN 583.

See the Graduate Catalog for further information.