Women’s and Gender Studies, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 18
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N875
- The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
- No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Students must successfully complete at least 18 hours of courses acceptable for major credit in Women’s and Gender Studies, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level. Topics courses must be approved in advance by the Women’s and Gender Studies academic advisor.
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| WGS 1003 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose 12 hours from Women's & Gender Studies Minor Electives list | 12 | |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Honors Research (HONORS) | ||
| WGS Internship | ||
| Contemporary Feminist Thought | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Women's and Gender Studies Minor Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A HI 4853 | American Indian Women Artists | 3 |
| A HI 4913 | Seminar (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| AFAM 3423 | African-American Men | 3 |
| AFAM 3433 | African American Women | 3 |
| AFAM 4010 | Special Topics In African And African-American Studies (Approved Topic) | 1-3 |
| ANTH 4253 | The Anthropology of Communities | 3 |
| ANTH 4303 | Women and Development in Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 4593 | Anthropology of Human Reproduction | 3 |
| ANTH 4723 | Gender and Health | 3 |
| ANTH 4843 | Cross-Cultural Study of Sex, Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| COMM 2423 | 3 | |
| COMM 3643 | Media and Society | 3 |
| COMM 4243 | Family Communication | 3 |
| ECON 4513 | The Economics of Discrimination | 3 |
| ENGL 2133 | Autobiographical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3103 | Topics in Advanced Composition (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 3213 | Special Topics in Fiction (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 3243 | Special Topics in Film (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 4013 | Major Figure (With Subtitle) (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 4273 | Women Writers | 3 |
| EXPO 1213/1223 | Expository Writing (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| GEOG 3843 | Gender and Environment | 3 |
| HES 3523 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| HES 4523 | Human Sexuality II | 3 |
| HIST 3120 | Topics in Modern European History (Approved Topic) | 1-3 |
| HIST/WGS 3133 | Medieval Women | 3 |
| HIST 3243 | European Women & Gender Relations | 3 |
| HIST 3533 | The History of Early American Women | 3 |
| HIST 3543 | The History of Modern American Women | 3 |
| HIST 3573 | Special Topics Colloquium (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| HIST 3593 | Women in the American West | 3 |
| HIST/WGS 3933 | U.S. Queer History | 3 |
| HON 3993 | Honors Colloquium (Approved Topic) | 3 |
| H R 3303 | Family Issues in Human Relations | 3 |
| H R 4170 | Special Topics in Human Relations (Approved Topic) | 1-3 |
| H R 4423 | Women's Issues in Human Relations | 3 |
| H R 4433 | Gender and War | 3 |
| HSTM 3223 | Gender Issues in Science, Technology and Medicine | 3 |
| HSTM 3243 | Women and Medicine | 3 |
| IAS 3523 | Women and Gender in South Asia | 3 |
| JMC 4853 | Race, Gender, Class and the Media | 3 |
| LTRS 3510 | Topics in Letters (Approved Topic) | 2-3 |
| LTRS 4970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Approved Topic) | 2-3 |
| MUSC 4970 | Undergraduate Seminar (Approved Topic) | 1-3 |
| NAS 3123 | Gender and Sexuality in Native North America | 3 |
| PHIL 3743 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 |
| P SC/WGS 3043 | Gender, Power and Leadership in Politics and Public Administration | 3 |
| P SC 3203 | Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | 3 |
| P SC 3220 | Topics in Public Policy (Approved Topic) | 1-3 |
| SOC 3723 | Sociology of Family | 3 |
| SOC 3733 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 3853 | 3 | |
| SOC 3593 | Sexual Deviance and Society | 3 |
| WGS 3123 | Social Justice and Social Change | 3 |
| WGS 3220 | WGS Special Topics | 1-3 |
| WGS 3223 | WGS Special Topics | 3 |
| WGS 3233 | Women Creating Social Change | 3 |
| WGS 3253 | Men and Masculinity | 3 |
| WGS 3273 | Queer Theory | 3 |
| WGS 3353 | Race, Class & Gender | 3 |
| WGS 3413 | Body Image Vs. Reality | 3 |
| WGS 3423 | Women and Sports | 3 |
| WGS 3443 | Gender & Interpersonal Comm | 3 |
| WGS 3453 | Women's Psychosocial Dev | 3 |
| WGS 3513 | Gender, Law and Human Rights | 3 |
| WGS 3563 | Gender and Global Politics | 3 |
| WGS 3703 | Female Heroism in Hollywood | 3 |
| WGS 3713 | Gender and James Bond | 3 |
| WGS 3810 | WGS Special Topics | 1-3 |
| WGS 3943 | Women's Health | 3 |
| WGS 3953 | Women and the Law | 3 |
| WGS 4120 | WGS Special Topics | 1-3 |
| Or courses not listed here which qualify for the Women’s and Gender Studies major | ||
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.