Gender and Women’s Studies

Program Coordinator: Dr. Suzanne M. Chod
Gender and Women’s Studies Faculty

Mission Statement

The Gender and Women’s Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor that prepares students to think critically about the categories of sex, sexuality and gender. We facilitate processes through which students integrate analysis of these categories into their experiences as leaders and global citizens who value lifelong learning and social justice.

The program equips students to analyze power, inequality, identity and privilege from local, transnational and historical perspectives. We aim to educate students about the process and politics of being an ally to oppressed populations. We provide opportunities to engage in activism, service-learning, feminist inquiry and the study of diverse sexualities.

Programs

• Gender and Women’s Studies Minor

Courses

• GWS 100 - Introduction to Sex, Gender and Sexuality
• GWS 220 - Families and Intimate Relationships
• GWS 230 - Gender in the Judeo-Christian Traditions
• GWS 235 - Sexuality and Christianity
• GWS 250 - U.S. Women’s History
• GWS 280 - Women and Literature
• GWS 301 - Human Sexuality: A Clash of Values
• GWS 312 - Women and American Politics
• GWS 315 - Sociology of Gender and Sexualities
• GWS 350 - Gender and World Religions
• GWS 370 - Feminisms
• GWS 375 - Theories of Gender and Sexuality
• GWS 389 - Gender and the Mass Media
• GWS 390 - Intercultural Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 395 - Leadership, Ethics and Values Seminar in Gender and Women’s Studies
• GWS 490 - Seminar
• GWS 497 - Internship
• GWS 499 - Independent Study