Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

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Students must take 8 of the courses listed below:

At least four of those 8 must be from the core course list.

Core Courses:

GWS 265 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Credits
GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
GWS 331 - Feminist Theory 3 Credits
GWS 343 - Queer Ecologies 3 Credits
HIS 260 - Gender in Modern Europe 3 Credits
NAS 340 - Indigenous Gender Studies 3 Credits
NAS 380 - Indigenous Women Writers 3 Credits
SOC 234 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
SOC 236 - Sociology of Sexuality 4 Credits
SOC 381 - Undoing Racism 3 Credits

Other Courses:

EDU 160 - Education for Social Justice 3 Credits
HIS 357 - Gender in Total War 3 Credits
NAS 260 - Indigenous Environmental Justice 3 Credits
OED 221 - Group Process and Leadership 4 Credits
OED 279 - Access and Diversity 3 Credits
OED 385 - Urban Outdoor Education 3 Credits
PSY 266 - Human Sexuality 3 Credits
SCD 135 - Seminar in Media, Politics & Change 4 Credits
SCD 345 - Culture and Revitalization 3 Credits
SOC 336 - The Nature of Social Inequality 4 Credits
SOC 368 - Global Inequality 4 Credits
SOC 374 - Human Rights and Social Justice 3 Credits
* 490 - Independent Study 3-4 Credits
* 491 - Field Experience 3-4 Credits

*A 490 Independent Study or 491 Field Experience can be taken in any discipline as long as the focus is relevant to gender and women’s studies. Approval of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program Coordinator and course instructor is required.

Northland College

Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

Students must take 8 of the courses listed below:

Core Courses:

Other Courses:

Total Gender and Women’s Studies Minor: 24-29 Credits