Coordinator: Mary Thompson
Email: thompsmx@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-3758
WGSS Minor Website
Program Description
This is an 18-credit hour cross disciplinary program that explores the scholarship related to gender, sexuality and women. Women's, gender and sexuality studies is concerned with gender as it intersects with multiple categories such as race/ethnicity, sexuality, economic class and age. This concern is framed by recognition of increased globalization and technological growth impacting social institutions and gendered identities. Students in women's, gender and sexuality studies will develop academic frameworks for understanding gender, diversity and social justice; they will acquire knowledge and skills that prepare them for careers in advocacy and communications.
Minor Requirements
Students may double count a maximum of nine credit hours toward both a major and this minor. Students may count only six credit hours below the 300-level.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies [C5SD] | |
| Sociology of Gender | |
| Sociology of Gender | |
| 1 | 15 |
| Medical Anthropology | |
| Topics in the Anthropology of Gender | |
| Anthropology of Reproduction | |
| Biology, Gender and Society | |
| The Economics of Women and the Family | |
| Gothic Literature | |
| Women's Literature | |
| Feminist Literary Theory | |
| Queer Literature | |
| Advanced Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Literature | |
| Advanced Studies in Women's Literature | |
| Feminist Geography | |
| Gendered Geographies | |
| Women at Work in U.S. History | |
| Women in U.S. History | |
| Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe | |
| How Cars Changed Everything 2 | |
| Makers, Users, Skeptics and Thieves: Americans and Their Technologies 3 | |
| Gender in Latin America and the Iberian World | |
| Women and Fascism | |
| Gender Issues in Science | |
| Women, Crime and Criminal Justice | |
| Gender and Justice | |
| Disability and Justice 2 | |
| Sexual Orientation, Law and Justice | |
| Gender Identity, Law and Justice | |
| The Philosophy of Feminism | |
| Women and Politics in Comparative Perspective | |
| The Psychology of Women and Gender | |
| Gender and Sexuality in Islam | |
| Women and Religion | |
| Feminist Blogging: Writing for Shout Out! JMU | |
| Third Wave Ecofeminism | |
| Communication and Gender | |
| Race and Ethnicity 2 | |
| Queer Theories of Gender and Inequality | |
| Social Inequality | |
| Sociology of Sexuality | |
| Feminist Rhetorics | |
| Women in Hispanic Literatures | |
| Special Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies 4 | |
| Theories and Methods in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
| Transnational Feminisms | |
| Gender and Violence | |
| American Women at War | |
| Issues and Research in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
| Women's Global Health and Human Rights | |
| Independent Studies in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
| Internship in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
| Special Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
