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Twin Cities Campus
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies MinorGender, Women and Sexuality
College of Liberal Arts
Gender, women, and sexuality studies offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that looks at issues of gender and sexuality in the United States and around the world, taking into account the intersections and interrelations of generation, economic status, race, geographic location, and other social and historical variables. Gender, women, and sexuality studies also seeks to transform traditional fields of study by incorporating new data, methods, theories, and frameworks developed by feminist scholars.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Students may earn a BA or a minor in gender, women and sexuality studies, but not both.
Introductory Course
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
GWSS 1001 - Gender, Power, and Everyday Life
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 1002 - Politics of Sex
[SOCS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 1004 - Screening Sex: Visual and Popular Culture
[AH]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 1005 - Engaging Justice
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 1006 - Skin, Sex, and Genes
[SOCS, TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLBT 1001 - Introduction to GLBT Studies
[DSJ, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 1007 - Introduction to GLBT Studies
[DSJ, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 1003W - Women Write the World
[LITR, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ENGL 1003W - Women Write the World
[LITR, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Take 15 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3203W - Blood, Bodies and Science
[TS, SOCS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3208 - Transgender Health
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3215 - Bodies That Matter: Feminist Approaches to Disability Studies
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3290 {Inactive}
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3301W - Women Writers
[LITR, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3302 - Women and the Arts
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3306 - Pop Culture Women
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3307 - Feminist Film Studies
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3415 - Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3590 - Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-12.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3994 - Directed Research
(1.0-12.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4001 - Nations, Empires, Feminisms
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4002 - Politics of Engagement and Social Justice
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4003 - Science, Bodies, Technologies
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4004 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4108 - Senior Capstone: Writing
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4390 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4980 - Directed Instruction
(1.0-8.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4994 - Directed Research
(1.0-8.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5190 - Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5290 - Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5390 - Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5490 - Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5993 - Directed Study
(1.0-12.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5994 - Directed Instruction
(1.0-12.0 cr)
·
GWSS 5995 - Directed Research
(1.0-8.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3002W - Gender, Race, and Class in the U.S.
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3002V - Honors: Gender, Race and Class in the U.S.
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3004W {Inactive}
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3004V {Inactive}
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3102W - Feminist Thought and Theory
[AH, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3102V - Honors: Feminist Thought and Theory
[AH, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 4303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
AAS 3303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
[LITR, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3402 - Pleasure, Intimacy and Violence
(3.0 cr)
or
AFRO 3402 - Pleasure, Intimacy and Violence
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3404 - Transnational Sexualities
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLBT 3404 - Transnational Sexualities
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3406 - Gender, Labor, and Politics
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3406H - Honors: Gender, Work, Labor
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3407 {Inactive}
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3347 {Inactive}
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3408 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3348 - Women and Gender in Modern America
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production
[AH, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
AAS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production
[AH, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3410 {Inactive}
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 3212 - Chicana Feminism: La Chicana in Contemporary Society
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3413 {Inactive}
[GP, HIS]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3424 {Inactive}
[GP, HIS]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3934 {Inactive}
[GP, HIS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3501 - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Social Movements in the United States
(3.0 cr)
or
GLBT 3301 - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Social Movements in the United States
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3502 - Transgender Studies Now
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLBT 3502 - Transgender Studies Now
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3505W - Girls, Girlhood, and Resistance
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 3505V - Girls, Girlhood, and Resistance
[WI]
(0.0-3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3515 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMST 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 3412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
CHIC 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3549 - U.S. Women's Legal History
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3349 - U.S. Women's Legal History
[HIS, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3716 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
or
SOC 3681 - Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4103 - Transnational Feminist Theory
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 5104 - Transnational Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even, Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd, Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 1001/GWSS 1007 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 1001/GWSS 1007 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EngL 1003W/GWSS 1003W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EngL 1003W/GWSS 1003W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -12.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -12.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -8.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -8.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd, Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -12.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -12.0 [max 36.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -8.0 [max 36.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3002W/GWSS 3002V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3002W/GWSS 3002V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3102W/GWSS 3102V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3102W/GWSS 3102V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3303W/ENGL 3303W/GWSS 3303 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3303W/ENGL 3303W/GWSS 3303 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3303W/ENGL 3303W/GWSS 3303 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3303W/ENGL 3303W/GWSS 3303 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3305/GWSS 3305 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3305/GWSS 3305 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3402/GWSS 3402 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3402/GWSS 3402 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3404/GWSS 3404 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd, Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3404/GWSS 3404 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3406/GWSS 3406H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3406/GWSS 3406H |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3408/Hist 3348 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Chic 3212/GWSS 3212/GWSS 3410 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3301/GWSS 3501 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3301/GWSS 3501 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3502/GWSS 3502 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 3502/GWSS 3502 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3505W/GWSS 3505V |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 0.0 -3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3505W/GWSS 3505V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3549/Hist 3349 |
Prerequisites: | Soph or jr or sr |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 3549/Hist 3349 |
Prerequisites: | Soph or jr or sr |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3681/GWSS 3681/RelS 3716/ |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 4103/GWSS 5104 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 4204/GWSS 4204 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GLBT 4204/GWSS 4204 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Chic 4401/GWSS 4401 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Chic 4401/GWSS 4401 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 4403/GWSS 5503/GLBT 4403 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GWSS 4403/GWSS 5503/GLBT 4403 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 4406/Afro 5406/GWSS 4406/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 4406/Afro 5406/GWSS 4406/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 4406/Afro 5406/GWSS 4406/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 4406/Afro 5406/GWSS 4406/ |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |