To declare a minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies please visit the Rutgers myMajor system.
Minor requirements:
(effective 2003 - 2004)
Students are required to complete six 3-credit courses (with a grade of C or better) in the minor, for a total of 18 credits.
988:101 Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality (3 credits) |
988:301 Feminist Theory: Historical Provocations (3 credits) |
Four (4) WGS electives. Elective courses chosen from either the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality core course list or the approved cognate course list or other courses approved by a program adviser, at least one of which must have race, class or sexuality at its center (to see the list of courses that fulfill this requirement, click here). Of the four elective courses, not more than two can be from the same department. At least one elective must be at the 300 level and one at the 400 level. Of the four elective courses, all four can be from WGSS. If you elect to take cognate courses in other departments, not more than two can be from the same department. Note that only a few select courses are available each term. You may also obtain a list at our Department. To see current semester course listings click here. |
Offered Courses:
- 01:988:101 Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality (3) (formerly Women, Culture, and Society)
- 01:988:130 Knowledge and Power: Issues in Women's Leadership (3)
- 01:988:160 Women Working in the Global Economy: Feminist Perspectives (3)
- 01:988:201 Feminist Practices (3)
- 01:988:202 Gender, Culture, and Representation (3)
- 01:988:235 Dynamics of Class, Race, and Sex (3)
- 01:988:240 Gender and Science (3)
- 01:988:250 Feminist Perspectives (3)
- 01:988:252 Mentoring, Leadership, and Young Women's Lives (3)
- 01:988:255 Gender, Art, and Society (3)
- 01:988:257 Gender and the Body: Representation and Pornography (3)
- 01:988:258 Gender, Race, and Contemporary Art (3)
- 01:988:259 Homosexuality and Visual Culture (3)
- 01:988:260 The Modern Girl (3)
- 01:988:270 War: Critical Perspectives (3)
- 01:988:280 Introduction to Critical Study of Masculinities (3)
- 01:988:284 Feminist Knowledge Production (3)
- 01:988:285 Lesbians and Gay Men and Society (3)
- 01:988:290 Introduction to Critical Sexualities (3)
- 01:988:299 Mentoring Leadership and Practice (3)
- 01:988:301 Feminist Theory: Historical Perspectives (3)
- 01:988:302 Feminist Theory: Contemporary Engagements
- 01:988:303 Global Feminisms (3)
- 01:988:307 Women and the Law (3)
- 01:988:310 South Asian Feminism (3)
- 01:988:311 Gender, Race, and Visual Media (3)
- 01:988:312 African Feminism (3)
- 01:988:317 Gender and Consumption (3)
- 01:988:318 The Gendered Body (3)
- 01:988:321 Queer Contexts: Same-Sex Desire, Culture, and Representation (3)
- 01:988:326 Psychology of Women (3)
- 01:988:329 History of Race and Sex in America (3)
- 01:988:330 Memoir and Autobiography (3)
- 01:988:331 Theorizing Sexuality and Gender (3)
- 01:988:332 The Color of AIDS: The Politics of Race During the AIDS Crisis (3)
- 01:988:333 Power, Subjectivity, and Resistance (3)
- 01:988:341 Gender and Popular Culture (3)
- 01:988:344 Women and Leadership (3)
- 01:988:350 Gender and Spirituality (3)
- 01:988:368 Producing Identities: Race, Gender, Class, and Sexualities (3)
- 01:988:369 Feminism, Space, and Visuality (3)
- 01:988:370 Critical Feminist Investigation (3)
- 01:988:371 Making Change (3)
- 01:988:372 Contemporary Feminist Activism (3)
- 01:988:387 Feminism, Signs, and Representation (3)
- 01:988:392 Thinking Bodies (3)
- 01:988:394 Black Women in the United States (3)
- 01:988:395 Race, Gender, Media, and the Law (3)
- 01:988:396 Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (3)
- 01:988:397 Freud and Feminism I--Sexuality (3)
- 01:988:398 Freud and Feminism II--The Unconscious (3)
- 01:988:399 CESEP (1)
- 01:988:405 Gender and Human Rights (3)
- 01:988:406 Women, Work, and Social Change (3)
- 01:988:407 Women’s Global Health Movements (3)
- 01:988:408 Gender, Economic Inequality & Health (3)
- 01:988:409 Gender, Environmental Justice & Health (3)
- 01:988:410 Debt, Crisis, and Women's Health (3)
- 01:988:412 Global Food Politics: Health Consequences (3)
- 01:988:413 The Global Pharmaceutical Economy & Health (3)
- 01:988:414 Care Work (3)
- 01:988:416 Women's Global Health: Special Topics (3)
- 01:988:420,421 Women's Global Health Internship (3,3)
- 01:988:422 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (3)
- 01:988:425 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (6)
- 01:988:426 Internship for IWL Scholars (BA)
- 01:988:429 Engendering Development (3)
- 01:988:430 IWL Social Action Project (BA)
- 01:988:480 Ethics and Leadership (3)
- 01:988:481 Feminism and Visual Culture (3)
- 01:988:482 Feminism, Policy, and the Poor (3)
- 01:988:485 Motherhood: Nature and Culture, Policy, and Politics (3)
- 01:988:486 Gender, Development, Environment: Policies, Politics, Perspectives (3)
- 01:988:487 Language of Women's Health and Health Policy (3)
- 01:988:490 Seminar: Women and Contemporary Issues (3)
- 01:988:491 Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies (3)
- 01:988:492 Seminar: Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (3)
- 01:988:493,494 Independent Study (3,3)
- 01:988:497-498 Honors Research in Women's and Gender Studies (3,3)