Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor
For information, contact the Chief Departmental Advisor for the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, 126 MacMillan Hall, 513-529-4616.
The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program is a dynamic, interdisciplinary program that investigates how our lives are affected by gender race, class, age, sexuality, religion, (dis)ability, gender identity, and nationality. Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies emphasizes the importance of understanding gender as a part of wider social and political structures of power, knowledge, experience, culture, embodiedness, intimacy, and labor. Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses are organized around contemporary feminist research and theory, and focus intersectionally on women, gender, and sexuality as subjects of inquiry. Our coursework also focuses on how theory and practice come together. Students may choose from courses spanning departments, disciplines, divisions and ideologies. The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program provides a context in which women's work and women's issues are explored in-depth, celebrating women's creativity, women's lives, and women's work. In Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, students find an active and supportive community, close interaction with faculty, opportunities to take on leadership roles, and an academic program that allows them to cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries.
This minor may be completed by any student. You are urged to choose your courses with an advisor. Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses may fulfill other departmental, college, or Miami Plan requirements.
A minimum 2.00 GPA is required for all courses in the minor.
Program Requirements
(18 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| The Role of Women in a Transforming Society | ||
| Feminism and the Diaspora: U.S. Women of Color | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Women and Gender in Film | ||
| Feminist Theory | ||
| Queer Theory | ||
| Black Feminist Theory | ||
Feminist theory course approved by the WGS Advisor Committee | ||
| Other courses 1 | ||
| Select 12 hours from WGS courses and courses cross-listed with WGS | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
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WGS 201 is strongly recommended, particularly as a first course for students considering this minor.
Courses, not cross-listed with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, may be approved for this minor. Special topics courses offered by the program and selected honors seminars are offered most semesters.