Women’s Studies Minor
Women's Studies Fundamentals
UA's interdisciplinary program includes a core of women's studies classes and a range of classes focused on women and gender from the humanities and social sciences. Students in women's studies are encouraged to debate assumptions, explore divergent viewpoints, and investigate the social, political, economic and cultural practices that produce and reproduce gender and women's status in society. Women's studies also highlights the necessity of understanding important social divisions other than gender, including age, race, economic status, sexuality and nationality.
Professional Preparation
The minor in women’s studies adds a strong complement to many majors. This program helps prepare students for careers in education, law, health, public administration and social services, as well as management and leadership positions in business or government.
Our Faculty
- Use feminist teachings in the classroom
- Are committed to the value of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of women and gender
Akron Advantage
Courses that count toward the minor in women's studies are taught by scholars from English, history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, communications, psychology and more.
Real-World Experience
You have the opportunity to apply what you learn in women’s studies courses when you enroll for the Women's Studies Internship and work in campus or community organizations.
Women's Studies Student Organizations:
- Liberation In Progress (L.I.P.) — Undergraduate
- Graduate Committee for Research on Gender & Women (GradCROW) — Graduate
Sample Curriculum
Required courses
9 credits
3001:200 Introduction to Women's Studies, 3 credits
3001:480 Feminist Theory, 3 credits-OR-
3600:455 Philosophy of Feminism 3 credits
Electives
Students must also take 12 credits of electives, with at least nine at the 300 or 400 level, and no more than two courses from the same department)
Women's Studies
3001:485 Special Topics in Women's Studies (can be repeated) 3 credit hours
3001:489 Internship in Women's Studies 1-3 credit hours
3001:493 Individual Studies on Women 1-3 credit hours
Classical Studies and Anthropology
3200:363 Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
3230:416 Anthropology of Sex and Gender
English
3300:364 Women Writers
3300:440 Women and Film
3300:453 American Women Poets
History
3400:325 Women in Modern Europe
3400:350 U.S. Women's History
3400:377 History of Women in Latin America
3400:400 Gender and Culture in China
3400:469 African-American Women's History
3400:499 Women and Gender in Middle Eastern Societies
Modern Languages
3580:430 Women in 2001 Century Hispanic Literature
Philosophy
3600:455 Philosophy of Feminism
Political Science
3700:375 Women in Politics
Psychology
3750:474 Psychology of Women (4 credit hours)
Sociology
3850:325 Sociology of Women in a Global Society
3850:415 Women in Prison
3850:416 Women and Crime
3850:447 Sociology of Sex and Gender
3850:455 Family Violence
Family and Consumer Sciences
7400:201 Courtship, Marriage & Family Relations
7400:219 Dress and Culture
7400:265 Child Development
7400:442 Human Sexuality
7400:446 Culture, Ethnicity and Family
Social Work
7750:265 Women and Addiction
7750:411 Womens Issues in Social Work Practice
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