School:
College of Liberal Arts

Department:
Interdisciplinary

Student Type:
Undergraduate

Program:
Gender Studies (Minor Only)

Advisor:
Elizabeth Kubek, Ph.D.

Objectives:
This program is designed to:

1. Provide courses from a range of disciplines focused on the construction of gender and categories of men and women in social, historical, political, cultural and economic contexts;

2. Promote diverse ways of experiencing and interpreting the range of issues and conflicts arising from the complex interrelations between gender and society; and

3. Address the interconnection of gender, race, class, ethnicity and religion as constructs through which differences appear in various institutions and societies.

Requirements - Minor:
A minor in gender studies consists of at least 21 hours of courses completed with a "C" or better from designated gender studies courses including GENS-100(3). At least 12 credit hours at the 200-level or above, including at least three credit hours at Benedictine at the 300-level must also be completed.

In addition to GENS-100(3), Introduction to Gender Studies, other courses in the minor program are as follows:

ANTH-212(3), Personality and Culture
BIOL-150(3), Biology of Women
COMM-290(3), Images of Men and Women in the Mass Media
HIST-260(3), Women in American Society
HIST-291(3), Topics: Comparative Women’s History
LITR-C281(3), Gender and Literature
LITR-305(3), Critical Theory
LITR-360(3), Modern Poetry
LITR-362(3), Modern Fiction
LITR-381(3), Theories of Gender in Literary Analysis
PSYC-292(3), Psychology of Horror Film
PSYC-312(3), Cerebral Effects on Consciousness
SOCL-234(3), Sociology of Sport
SOCL-270(3), Marriage and the Family
SPAN-395(3), Women in Latin American/Spanish Literature

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