Women's and Gender Studies Minor
Introduction
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The Women's and Gender Studies Minor gives students the opportunity to explore gender issues in the humanities and social sciences.
These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major, minor and CLAS advisors to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
For more information about this minor, contact the Women's and Gender Studies Director, Michelle Comstock (Michelle.Comstock@ucdenver.edu).
Program Delivery
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This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Minor
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General Requirements
Students must satisfy all requirements as outlined below and by the department offering the minor.
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Program Requirements
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Students must complete a minimum of 18 WGST-related credit hours.
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Students must complete a minimum of 12 upper-division (3000-level and above) credit hours in the minor, chosen from the approved courses below.
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Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the minor and must achieve a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to minor requirements.
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Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with CU Denver faculty chosen from the approved courses below.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
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All courses for the minor must be approved by a WGST advisor. Students may double count up to six credits being applied to other graduation requirements (major, certificate or general education).
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Students are strongly urged to take at least one course that focuses on international perspectives on women's and gender issues.
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Students have the option to complete an internship working in the community around issues related to women and gender. The alternative to this is a WGST capstone course at the 4000 level.
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Students who major in Sociology and complete the Gender and Society option will automatically earn a Women's and Gender Studies Minor
Women's and Gender Studies Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Complete the following required course: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Complete 12 credit hours of WGST-related courses at the 3000-level or above. Eligible courses include, but are not limited to: | 12 | |
HUMANITIES | ||
| Studies of Major Authors and Directors (depending on author or director being studied; e.g., Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, George Sand, etc.) | ||
| Rhetoric and the Body | ||
| Chicano/Chicana Narrative and Social History | ||
| Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism | ||
| Religion and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Gender, Sexuality and Race in American Popular Culture | ||
| Women & Gender in US History | ||
| Contemporary Women Writers | ||
| Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Urban America | ||
| Women in the West | ||
| Sex and Gender in Modern Britain | ||
| Survey of Feminist Thought | ||
| History of Sexuality | ||
| Contemporary Feminist Thought | ||
| Gender, Science, and Medicine: 1600 to the Present | ||
| Goddess Traditions | ||
| Feminist Philosophy | ||
| Whores and Saints: Medieval Women | ||
| French Women Writers | ||
| Race, Class, and Gender in Spanish Golden Age Literature | ||
| Women and Religion | ||
| Philosophy of Eros | ||
SOCIAL SCIENCES | ||
| Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Human Reproductive Ecology | ||
| Communication and Diversity | ||
| Family Communication | ||
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Communication and Diversity in U.S. History | ||
| Gender and Crime | ||
| Economics of Race and Gender | ||
| Economics of Sex and Drugs | ||
| Family and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Human Sexuality and Public Health | ||
| The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic | ||
| Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy | ||
| Political Movements: Race and Gender | ||
| Human Sexuality | ||
| Family Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Women | ||
| Domestic Abuse | ||
| Sociology of Health Care | ||
| Sociology of Human Sexuality | ||
| Sex and Gender | ||
| Families and Society | ||
| Gender Politics in the Middle East: Beyond Orientalism & Islamism | ||
| Women's Rights, Human Rights: Global Perspectives | ||
| Gender, Development and Globalization | ||
| Social Meanings of Reproduction | ||
| Women of Color Feminisms | ||
| International Women's Resistance | ||
| Gender and Politics | ||
| Communication, Media, and Sex | ||
| Queer Media Studies | ||
| Violence in Relationships | ||
| Women and the Law | ||
| Complete one of the following Women's and Gender Studies Capstone courses: | 3 | |
| Internship | ||
| Survey of Feminist Thought | ||
| Contemporary Feminist Thought | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
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