Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Office: E308 Thompson Hall

(716) 673-3883

Jeffry Iovannone, Program Coordinator

Email: Jeffry.Iovannone@fredonia.edu

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Office

Office: 171A Fenton Hall

(716) 673-3158

Email: womens.studies@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/interdisciplinary

Requirements for the Interdisciplinary Studies Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies (21 credit hours):

Completion of the interdisciplinary minor requires a minimum of 21 credit hours. Up to 6 credit hours of transfer credit may be applied to the minor, based on approval by the coordinator. No more than 9 credit hours should be used to fulfill the requirements of the student’s major. Students declaring the Women’s and Gender Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.

Some courses require prerequisites. Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information.

Required courses (9 credits):

WGST 201	Topics in Gender Studies	3
WGST 202	Foundations of Social Justice	3
WGST 491	Social Change Capstone	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

NOTES:

WGST 202 is cross-listed with ETHN 202;
WGST 491 is cross-listed with ETHN 491;
An E-portfolio will be used for program assessment, initiated when the student enters the program and finalized in ETHN / WGST 491;
WGST 201 is a pre-requisite for the Theoretical Frameworks and Experiential Learning categories; Theoretical Frameworks course is a pre-requisite to WGST 491. Departmental approval is required to register for ETHN / WGST 491.

Categories (at least 3 credit hours in FOUR of the following five each categories - 12 credit hours):

Theoretical Frameworks

ECON 312	Women in the Economy	3
ENED 360	Multicultural English Education in Theory and Practice	3
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
PSY 391	Multicultural Counseling	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

WGST 201 prerequisite;
WGST 302 cross-listed with ANTH 300 and SOC 306.

Sexual Norms and Behaviors

BIOL 360	AIDS and STDs	3
ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 255	Psychology of Women	3
	or
PSY 276	Human Sexuality	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
WGST 345	Women, Health and Society	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

PSY 255 cross-listed with WGST 255;
WGST 345 cross-listed with SOC 345.

Transnational Issues

ANTH 342	Food and Culture	3
BIOL 360	AIDS and STDs	3
COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 395	Non-Western Literature	3
PHIL 313	Sex and Love	3
PSY 370	Cross-Cultural Psychology	3
SOC 230	Our Populated Planet	3
SOC 320	Family Sociology	3
WGST 301	Theories of Gender	3
WGST 359	Ethnicity and Race	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

WGST 359 cross-listed with ETHN 359 and HIST 359.

Cultural Practices

ANTH 342	Food and Culture	3
ARTH 230	Black Art and Visual Culture in the U.S. 1850 - Present	3
COMM 465	Intercultural Communication	3
ENGL 242	American Indian Literature	3
ENGL 296	American Identities	3
ENGL 343	Queer Studies in Literature	3
ENGL 351	Language and Society	3
WGST 203	Chicana Writers/Visual Artists	3
WGST 205	Women in Art	3
WGST 302	Sex and Gender	3
WGST 304	Latina Literary and Cultural Studies	3
WGST 335	American Women	3
WGST 336	African American Women's History	3
WGST 314	Women Writers	3
WGST 340	Black Women Writers	3
WGST 377	Special Topics	.5-6
	or
COMM 373	Gender and Communication	3
WGST 386	Women in Global Cinema	4
WGST 405	French Women Writers	3
WGST 406	Women in French Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

NOTE:

ENGL 242 cross-listed with ETHN 242;
WGST 205 cross-listed with ARTH 205;
WGST 302 cross-listed with SOC 306 and ANTH 300;
WGST 304 cross-listed with ENGL 304 and ETHN 304;
WGST 335 cross-listed with HIST 335;
WGST 336 cross-listed with HIST 336;
WGST 314 cross-listed with ENGL 314;
WGST 340 cross-listed with ENGL 340;
WGST 386 cross-listed with ENGL 386;
WGST 405 cross-listed with LANG 405.

Experiential Learning

WGST 430	Independent Study	1-3
WGST 450	Internship in Women's and Gender Studies	1-4

NOTE:

Coordinator's approval is required prior to registration for Experiential Learning.
WGST 201 prerequisite.

Total credits selected from FOUR of the five fields above: 12

Total Credit Hours: 21