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School of Arts and Letters

Minor in Women's and Gender Studies

Coordintor: Dr. Bernadette Faith Jesse
Campus Office: CV 027
Telephone: (812) 941-2098
E-mail:  bfolson@ius.edu

 

Mission/Vision Statement

The Women's and Gender Studies Program at IU Southeast is interdisciplinary and draws from diverse specializations.  In the program, students learn and share knowledge about the way gender, sexuality, and culture shape the experiences, ideologies, individuals, and politics in the world.  Students explore issues of gender, sexuality, and culture in the context of history, literature, class studies, religion, art, philosophy, sociology, the natural sciences and other areas.  The Women's and Gender Studies program is dedicated to working for intellectual excellence, educational equity and a campus free of sexism, racism, heterosexism and other forms of discriminatory treatment.

Student Learning Goals

  • Students will analyze gender and sexuality as social constructions
  • Students will reflect on variations in women's and men's experiences across nations, cultures, time, class, race, religion, etc.
  • Students will learn to recognize the intersectional nature of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class.

Minor Requirements

15 credit hours, including:

  • WOST W200 - Women in Society - Intro to Women's Studies (3 cr.)
  • two humanities courses from approved list of electives
  • two social science courses from approved list of electives

Core Program

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

WOST-W

200

Women in Society – Intro to Women’s Studies

3

C-

Electives

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

ENG-L

207

Women and Literature

3

C-

ENG-L

378

Studies in Women and Literature

3

C- P: ENG-W 131

FINA-A

270

Women in the History of Art

3

C- P: ENG-W 131

HIST-A

260

Early North American Women’s History

3

C- HIST-H 105, H106 or instructor consent

HIST-A

261

Modern American Women’s History

3

C- P: HIST-H 106

HIST-H

214

Comparative Women’s History

3

C-

HIST-H

231

Women, Men, and Family in History

3

C-

POLS-Y

200

Contemporary Political Problems

3

C-

POLS-Y

324

Women and Politics

3

C-

PSY-P

460

The Psychology of Women

3

C- P: 9 credits in PSY

REL-R

362

Religion in Literature

3

C-

SOC-R

320

Sexuality and Society

3

C- P: SOC-S 163

SOC-S

338

Sociology of Sex Roles

3

C- P: SOC-S 163

SOC-S

413

Gender and Society

3

C- P: SOC-S 163

SOC-S

416

The Family

 3 

C- P: SOC-S 163

SPCH-S

450

Gender and Communication

3

C- P: SPCH-S 122 and junior standing; or instructor consent

WOST-W

495

Readings and Research in Women’s Studies

3

C-

 

Academic Bulletins

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