Gender & Sexuality Studies

Curriculum

Dr. Devin A. Heyward, Director

The Gender and Sexuality Program is an interdisciplinary cross/cultural program and offers a minor and focused courses. It provides interested students with an in-depth knowledge of the social construction of gender, the significance of gender in structuring human social life, and women’s contributions to history and culture. The program emphasizes the link between the personal and the political and using knowledge to create community based agendas for social change to eliminate gender based inequality.

Requirements for Minor in Gender and Sexuality

Choose one of the following3
GS/SO-140
Introduction to Women's Studies
GS/SO-136
Intro Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered
Select four of the following, no more than two with the same prefix:15
CU/GS-285
Gender & Communication
ED-428
Literature of East and West Africa
CJ-333
Gender Crime and Justice
SO-345
Sociology of Intimacy
UR/SO-370
Urban Anthropology
UR/AT-309
Women in Changing Urban World
AT/SO-384
Cultural Anthropology
HS-419
Secret Lives of Ancient Women
EL-310
Gender and Sexuality in Film
PO-310
Feminist Political Theory
SO/GS-136
Intro Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered
SO-256
Sociology of Sports
SO-273
Global Feminisms
SO-345
Sociology of Intimacy
SO-368
Health & Inequalities:RaceClassGender
PL-311
Philosophy and Bob Dylan
CJ/SO-253
Social Deviance
PS-455
Bio Foundations : Human Sexuality
PO-498
Political Poetry & Music
EL-309
Women in Drama
PO-297
Fat Feminism and Comparative Politics
PO-308
Women and American Politics
PO-316
Hip Hop and US Political Life
PO-330
Politics of Migration and Mobility
PO-486
Seminar: Genocide
TH-335
Veils to Vestments Women Ancient Rel