Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

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18 Credit Hours Required

Sara Lampert, Coordinator
Department of History
East Hall 204
(605) 677-5218
wgss@usd.edu
http://www.usd.edu/wmst

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor provides students with a foundation in the study of gender and sexuality, with a particular focus on topics related to women and the family worldwide and historically. Courses explore the intersection of gender (the social and cultural construction of sexual difference) with other structures of power and sources of identity, including race, class, and sexuality, in the context of family, work, law and politics, art, and the history of ideas. The minor may accompany any major in the College of Arts and Sciences and is available for all majors at USD. The minor provides students with the tools to think critically and creatively about questions of gender and sexual difference.

Minor Requirements

To complete the 18-hour minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, students must take three hours of WMST 247 and an additional 15 hours.

WMST 247 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies [SGR #3]

Electives (15 hours)

Select 15 hours from the following courses:

WMST XXX-Electives 3 credit hours
ARTH 401 - Women in the Visual Arts
SOC 250 - Courtship and Marriage (C) [SGR #3, HSDC]

Note:

Special topics courses, seminars, experimental courses, independent studies, and directed readings offered in any academic area and focusing on issues of concern to women and gender studies may also be applied to the minor with permission of the Coordinator of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and subject to the six-hour disciplinary limit.

For more information on the minor and for a list of currently offered courses eligible for Women and Gender Studies credit, please consult the USD Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies website listed above. If you have other questions or need confirmation of eligibility for a specific course, please consult the Coordinator of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, wgss@usd.edu or (605) 677-5218.