Students must declare a minor in Women's Studies and Gender Studies via LOCUS and meet with the Program Director Dr. Betsy Jones Hemenway to outline their program.

Explore the Undergraduate Minor:

Requirements and Course Descriptions

Learning Outcomes

Below is an example of a WSGS minor course load while obtaining an undergraduate English degree:

• WSGS 201: Contemporary Issues in WSGS
• ENGL 283: Women in Literature
• ENGL 306: Studies in Women Writers
• COMM 281: Communication, Language & Gender
• FNAR 207: Women, Art, & Society

Below is an example of a WSGS minor course load while obtaining an undergrad Political Science degree:

• WSGS 101: Introduction to WSGS 
• PLSC 355: Women & Politics: A Cross-National Perspective
• PLSC 394: Comparative Family Policy: Work & Family Reconciliation
• CJC 370: Women in the Criminal Justice System
• PHIL 327: Liberalism & Feminism

Below is an example of a WSGS minor course load while obtaining an undergraduate Psychology degree:

• WSGS 201: Contemporary Issues in WSGS
• PSYC 238: Gender & Sex: Differences & Similarities
• PSYC 340: Psychology of Women
• SOCL 250: Inequality in Society
• SOWK 502: Ethnicity, Race and Culture: Diversity in Human Experience

Below is an example of a WSGS minor course load while obtaining an undergraduate Sociology degree:

• WSGS 101: Introduction to WSGS 
• WSGS 201: Contemporary Issues in WSGS
• SOCL 240: Men, Women, & Work
• HIST 290A: History of Sexuality in the United States
• SOCL 276: Sociology & Politics of Food 

Below is an example of a WSGS minor course load while obtaining an undergraduate Theology degree:

• WSGS 201: Contemporary Issues in WSGS
• WSGS 375: Masculinity Studies
• THEO 192: Gender & Values
• THEO 365: Women, Gender, & Embodiment in Islam
• SOCL 271: Sociology of Sex and Gender