The world is complex, interconnected, and interdependent, which complicates how we understand and relate to one another. That’s why a Women's Study Interdisciplinary Minor is important. By exploring the way gender intersects with sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, religion, and nationality, our students come to better understand personal and political identities, a critical component to understanding how power and privilege play out in work, politics, and culture.
The Women’s Study Interdisciplinary Minor prepares individuals for the needs and opportunities of a changing world by building awareness of the range of human experience, potential, and accomplishment that place women and gender at the center of inquiry. Women’s Studies transform disciplinary assumptions and theories, create innovative models for teaching and research, and develop practices for challenging systems of power and privilege.
The minor is open to any student in any major or minor.
For more information, please visit the department website.
Learning Objectives
Through courses that specifically focus on women and gender dynamics, students will:
- Explore academic disciplines from a feminist and gender studies perspective;
- Develop an appreciation of the historic and contemporary contributions of women and gender in culture;
- Understand the ideological assumptions regarding women and gender implicit in social institutions;
- Recognize how multiple systems of power and privilege intersect in our everyday lives; and
- Acquire knowledge and skills necessary for physical, social, and emotional well-being.
To add this minor, you can either call the College of Liberal Arts Academic Advising Center at 970-491-3117 or or send an email to cla_advising@colostate.edu.
More information is available on https://advising.libarts.colostate.edu.
Effective Fall 2022
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
Students enrolled in the undergraduate Women’s Study Interdisciplinary Minor are required to earn a grade of C (2.000) or better in each course completed for undergraduate minor credit.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| ETST 305 | Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in the U.S. | 3 |
| WS 200 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| WS 472 | Seminar in Multiracial & Decolonial Feminisms | 3 |
| Intersectionality of Race, Sexuality and Gender 1 | ||
| Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
| Gender and Anthropology | ||
| La Chicana in Society | ||
| Queer Studies and Women of Color | ||
| Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes | ||
| Black Feminism(s) | ||
| Queer Creative Expressions | ||
| Elective Courses 1 | ||
| Select 9 credits from the following courses: | 9 | |
| Appearance, Self, and Society | ||
| Gender and Anthropology | ||
| Women, Health, and Culture | ||
| Gender in World Literature | ||
| Early Women Writers | ||
| Modern Women Writers | ||
| Gender in the Economy (GT-SS1) | ||
| La Chicana in Society | ||
| Queer Studies and Women of Color | ||
| Indigenous Women, Children, and Tribes | ||
| Black Feminism(s) | ||
| Queer Creative Expressions | ||
| Women and Gender in Europe, 1450-1789 | ||
| American Women's History, 1492 to Present | ||
| American Women's History Since 1800 | ||
| Women and Development | ||
| Feminist Philosophies | ||
| Psychology of Women | ||
| Psychology of Gender | ||
| Women, Crime, and Victimization | ||
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Group Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |
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Courses may not be used to satisfy both the “Intersectionality of Race, Sexuality, and Gender” and the “Elective Courses” categories. At least 6 of the 12 credits required for these course selections must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).