The Undergraduate Minor in Women's Studies

The Women’s Studies Program’s undergraduate minor allows students to design an individualized program which will add interdisciplinary breadth to their degree programs. Courses may be chosen from Women’s Studies offerings from a list of cross-referenced courses which is updated each semester.

The Women’s Studies Program is a flexible interdisciplinary academic program devoted to the critical analysis of gender and the pursuit of knowledge about women. Combining the methods and insights of traditional academic disciplines with the special insights of Women’s Studies scholarship, our courses yield fresh perspectives which illuminate the origins of and changes in diverse cultural and social arrangements.

Gender is a common thread in our offerings, but it always interweaves with race, class, and other factors which contribute to women’s lives. The Women’s Studies Program is committed to a vision of women and gender that is truly international and cross-cultural. Without this perspective, our view of the world is impoverished and stereotypes will continue to destroy our understanding.

Women's Studies courses prepare students to employ critical learning in their private lives as well as in their public roles as  citizens and as members of our complex work force, and enhances their ability to work with and for women to create a more humane society. Women’s Studies fosters interdisciplinary breadth and critical thinking and thus opens the way to a wide variety of career choices and graduate programs.

Requirements for the Women's Studies Undergraduate Minor

15 credits of Women’s Studies courses or courses cross-referenced with Women’s Studies, of which one course may be at the 100-level. Up to two courses can be counted toward both your Major and the WS Minor.  Students should contact full time faculty in the Women’s Studies Advisory Group for additional advising on the Minor.

BGS students may opt for a focus or a Minor in WS.  See a BGS counselor for details.

Courses typically offered for Women's Studies Credit at the Stamford Campus

(You must see a WS advisor to confirm that the section you register for is eligible for WS credit)

(The following WS courses also meet General Education requirements:  WS 104, WS 105, WS 124, HIST 121)

Women’s Studies
WS 104  Feminisms and the Arts
WS 105  Gender in Everyday Life
WS 124  Gender in Global Perspective
WS 204/POLS 204 Women and Politics
WS 215/HIST 215  Women & Gender in the US
WS 241/SOCI 241  Women and Health
WS 246/PSYC 246  Psychology of Women
WS 250  Feminisms
WS 263  Women and Violence
WS 264  Gender in the Workplace
WS 266  Women and Ethnicity
WS 268/COMS 226  Gender and Communication
WS 295  The Evolution of Black Feminist Thought
WS 295/ENG 217  Sexual Politics and the Family in Biblical Civilization
WS 298  Domestic Violence

Communications
COMS 226/WS 268  Gender and Communication

English
ENG 217  Contemporary Feminist Writers
ENG 217  Literature and the Family
ENG 217  Women and Autobiography
ENG 217/WS295  Sexual Politics and the Family in Biblical Civilization
ENG 264  Jane Austen
ENG 264  Virginia Woolf
ENG 266  Feminist Theory
ENG 267/WS 278  Romantic Love in Literature
ENG 267  Lesbian Feminism:  Literature, Theory & Politics
ENG 268  The Queer I
ENG  285 Women in Literature Before 1900
ENG  286 Women in 20th Century Literature

History
HIST 121  Women in History
HIST 215/WS 215  Women & Gender in the US
HIST 247  Immigrants & Shaping of America
HIST 292W  Biography as History

Human Development/ Family Studies
HDFS 269  Family Violence
HDFS 273  Family Interaction Processes

Political Science
WS 204  Women and Politics

Psychology
PSYC 241 Social Psychology of Women’s Bodies
PSYC 246/WS 246  Psychology of Women

Sociology
SOCI 241/WS 241  Women and Health
SOCI 245  Sociology of Sexualities
SOCI 250 Sociology of the Family
SOCI 252  Sociology of Gender