Requirements - (15 cr.)

The Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours, distributed as follows: 6 credit hours of core courses and 3 credit hours from Women in Diverse Cultures, 3 credit hours from Women in the Social Sciences, and 3 credit hours from Women in the Humanities.  

Core courses

• Either W200 Women in American Society (3 cr.) OR 

W201 Women in American Culture (3 cr.) (students cannot get credit for both) 

AND 

• W400 or W401 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3 cr.) 

The remaining 9 credit hours should be selected from the Electives. 

Electives

• Women in Diverse Cultures (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W301 Global Perspectives of Gender (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W 301 International Perspectives on Women (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 210 Women in the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 406 Literature by American Women of Color (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 410 The Black Woman and the Afro-American Experience (3 cr.)
  • SPAN-S490 Topic: The Latino Woman (3 cr.)
  • CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature (3 cr.)
  • SPAN-S 284 Women in Hispanic Culture (3 cr.)
  • SPAN-S 470 Women in Hispanic Literature (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W 302 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: The Afro-Caribbean Experience (3 cr.)

• Women in the Social Sciences (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W 300 Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W400 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W400 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies: Women and Crime (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W400 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies: Gender and Corrections (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W 480 Women's and Gender Studies Practicum (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 210 Women in the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 410 The Black Woman and the Afro- American Experience (3 cr.)
  • SPAN-S 490 Topic: The Latino Woman (3 cr.)
  • SPAN-S 470 Women in Hispanic Literature (3 cr.)
  • SOC-S 310 The Sociology of Women in America (3 cr.)
  • SOC-S 337 Women and Crime (3 cr.)
  • SOC-S 410 Topics in Organization:  Women and Work (3 cr.)
  • SPCH-S 450 Gender and Communication (3 cr.)
  • SPCH-S 427 Cross-cultural Communication (3 cr.)
  • SPEA-V 450/V 550 Inside Out Prison Exchange Offender Re-entry (3 cr.) (when topic is women or gender) 

• Women in the Humanities (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W 207 Women in Literature (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W 302 Issues in Women's and Gender Studies:  Afro-Caribbean Experience (3 cr.)
  • WGS-W302 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Black Feminist Perspectives (3 cr.) WGS-W302 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Gender and Sexuality in Art (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W302 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Gender in French Cinema (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W401 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Literature by Women of Color (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W401 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Modern American Women (3 cr.) 
  • WGS-W302 Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies: Women’s Human Rights (3 cr.) 
• • AFRO-A 406 Literature by American Women of Color (3 cr.)
  • CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 201 Films by Women (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 207 Women in Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 249 Gender and Sexuality in Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 295 American Film Culture (3 cr.) (When topic is women/gender)
  • ENG-L 381 Recent Writing (3 cr.) (When topic is women/gender)
  • ENG-L 440 Seminar in English and America Literature (3 cr.) (When topic is women/gender)
  • SPAN-S 470 Women in Hispanic Literature (3 cr.)
  • AFRO-A 370 Recent Black American Writing (3 cr.) (when topic is women/gender)
  • HIST-B 305 History of the Sexual Revolution (3 cr.)

The course taken to fulfill the requirement of Women in Diverse Cultures cannot be used to fulfill the requirements in Women in the Social Sciences and Women in the Humanities.

Additionally there is another minor offered in English with a concentration in WGS.  More information about it can be found https://www.iun.edu/english/degrees/minors-in-english.htm​.