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Women's Studies Minor

College of Arts and Sciences
105 Bowman Hall
Tel: 330-672-2062
Web: http://as.kent.edu
Suzanne Holt, Director, 315B Merrill Hall

Students earning a minor in women’s studies select courses from the following list. No more than 6 credit hours counted toward the major may also be counted toward the women’s studies minor. Courses with women’s studies topics offered by the experimental program with the course number 30295 may be counted toward the minor if approved by the director; no more than two such courses may be counted. Other selected or special topics or variable content courses with women’s studies topics may be counted toward the certificate if approved by the director.

 

WOMEN'S STUDIES MINOR REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose from the following:
Course not chosen may be applied to the 15 credit hours below
 3
WMST 30000 Colloquium in Women's Studies (3)   
30001 Feminist Theory (3)  
Choose from the following: 15 
COMM 35912 Gender Communication (3)   
ENG 21002 Introduction to Women's Literature (3)   
34021 Women's Literature (30   
HDFS 44022 Changing Roles of Men and Women (3)  
HED 32544 Human Sexuality (3)  
  44025 Women's Health Issues (3)  
JUS  37411 Women in Crime and Justice (3)  
PAS  33110 The Black Woman: Historical Perspectives (3)   
PEP 25059 Sport in Society (3)   
PHIL 31040 Women and Philosophy (3)   
  32091 Seminar: Women's Ways (3)   
  32091 Seminar: Ethics of Sex and Gender (3)   
POL 40470 Women, Politics and Policy (3)   
PSYC 40625 Development of Gender Role and Identity (3)   
RPTM 36085 Leisure and Culture (3)   
SOC 42315 Sociology of Changing Gender Roles (3)   
WMST 20095 Special Topics in Women's Studies (1-5)  
  30095 Special Topics in Women's Studies (1-5)  
  40095 Special Topics in Women's Studies (1-5)  
  40992 Practicum in Women's Studies (3)  
Guided Independent Study*  3
TOTAL 21

 

*Students register for WMST 30196 Individual Investigation, a guided independent project with a
written and oral report. Admission controlled. See Women's Studies coordinator for further information.

Minimum cumulative 2.00 GPA required for graduation.