Jul 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor


Women’s and gender studies is an interdisciplinary field that draws ideas, information, and methods from many traditional academic disciplines to explore the important role of gender throughout society. It examines how gender organizes knowledge and is embedded in our social institutions, including politics, economics, education, religion, and the family, and explores how gender influences people’s everyday lives. Courses in women’s and gender studies examine the relationship between gender, race, class, and sexuality in addition to integrating perspectives from global feminisms and transnationalism. Women’s and gender studies courses are for all students - male and female, white students and students of color, middle class and working class, straight and LGBTQI - who are interested in gaining new insight into gender issues.

Academic Policies and Requirements for Minors:

Hours to Minor: 18 hours

Course Requirements


Please see https://www.usm.edu/interdisciplinary-studies-professional-development/womens-gender-studies.php

Select from the following:


ANT 452 - Language, Gender and Culture  
CJ 463  / WGS 427 : Family Law
CJ 464  / WGS 428 : Family Violence, Investigation and Deterrence
CMS 475 - Gender Issues in Communication  
ENG 468  / WGS 403 : British Women Writers
ENG 478  / WGS 402 : American Women Writers
FAM 450 - Sexuality in the Family System  
HIS 328  / WGS 310  : Ancient and Medieval Women
HIS 329  / WGS 329 : Women in Modern European History
HIS 420  / WGS 430 : History of Women and War
HIS 423  / WGS 423 : Gay and Lesbian History
HIS 477  / WGS 410 : Women in American Society
MCJ 355  / WGS 355 : Gender, Race, and Media
PS 405  / WGS 420 : Women and Politics
PS 488  / WGS 421 : Women and the Law
PS 455  / WGS 455 : Women and Human Rights
SOC 415  / WGS 425 : Sociology of Gender
WGS 401 - African Women Writers  
WGS 450 - Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies  
WGS 490 - Directed Research in Women’s and Gender Studies  


Students may also take special topics courses in various disciplines that have been approved by the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies. Since new courses may become available for Women’s and Gender Studies credit in any given semester, the candidate should be advised by the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies.