Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office:  241 Fenton Hall

[phone]

Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator

Email:  [e-mail]

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/program/ethnic-gender-studies

Minor Requirements

Completion of the interdisciplinary minor requires a minimum of 21 credit hours. Up to 6 credit hours of transfer credit may be applied to the minor, based on approval by the coordinator. No more than 9 credit hours should be used to fulfill the requirements of the student’s major. Students declaring the Women’s and Gender Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.

Some courses require prerequisites. Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information. 

Core courses:

WGST 201	Topics in Gender Studies	3
WGST 202	Foundations of Social Justice	3
WGST 491	Social Change Capstone	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

NOTES:

• An E-portfolio will be used for program assessment, initiated when the student enters the program and finalized in ETHN / WGST 491

Elective Courses:

One course must be chosen from four of the following five categories 

Theoretical Frameworks

ECON 312	Women in the Economy	3
ENED 360	Multicultural English Education in Theoryand Practice	3
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
PSY 391	Multicultural Counseling	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Sexual Norms and Behaviors

ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 255	Psychology of Women	3
	or
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
WGST 345	Women, Health and Society	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Transnational Issues

COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 395	Non-Western Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 370	Cross-Cultural Psychology	3
SOC 230	Our Populated Planet	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
SOC 342	Food and Culture	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 359	Ethnicity and Race	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Cultural Practices

ARTH 230	Black Art and Visual Culture in the U.S. 1850 - Present	3
COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 242	American Indian Literature	3
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
ENGL 351	Language and Society	3
SOC 342	Food and Culture	3
WGST 203	Chicana Writers/Visual Artists	3
WGST 205	Women in Art	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 304	Latina Literary and Cultural Studies	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
WGST 336	African American Women's History	3
WGST 314	Women Writers	3
WGST 340	Black Women Writers	3
COMM 373	Gender and Communication	3
WGST 386	Women in Global Cinema	4
WGST 405	French Women Writers	3
WGST 406	Women in French Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Experiential Learning

WGST 430	Independent Study	1-3
WGST 450	Internship in Women's and Gender Studies	1-4
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

• Coordinator's approval is required prior to registration for Experiential Learning.

Total Credit Hours: 21

• WGST 202 is cross-listed with ETHN 202;
• WGST 302 cross-listed with  SOC 306;
• WGST 304 cross-listed with ENGL 304 and ETHN 304;
• WGST 314 cross-listed with ENGL 314;
• WGST 340 cross-listed with ENGL 340;
• WGST 345 cross-listed with SOC 345;
• WGST 335 cross-listed with HIST 335;
• WGST 336 cross-listed with HIST 336;
• WGST 359 cross-listed with ETHN 359 and HIST 359;
• WGST 386 cross-listed with ENGL 386;
• WGST 405 cross-listed with LANG 405;
• WGST 491 is cross-listed with ETHN 491;
• ENGL 242 cross-listed with ETHN 242;
• PSY 255 cross-listed with WGST 255;