Minor: Women and Gender Studies
Katharine Burnett, Ph.D., Coordinator
The minor in Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) is administered as an Interdisciplinary program by the School of Humanities and Behavioral Social Sciences and the Department of Arts and Languages. Its purpose is to provide Fisk students an opportunity to pursue a coordinated program of study focusing on the history and theory of gender and sexuality, as well as gender-related topics and LGBTQ+ studies in the contemporary world.
The minor draws on the perspectives of literature, philosophy, religious study, and the social and natural sciences. Students in any major field may complete the minor in women's and gender studies, with the approval of their faculty academic advisors and the Coordinator of the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Requirements
Requirements for the women’s and gender studies minor include 16 hours of courses in the area of women’s and gender studies. To complete the minor, the student must complete all requirements for one of the major fields described elsewhere in this Bulletin and successfully complete (grade of “C” or better), in the process of meeting the total credit-hour graduation requirement and the requirements for one of the major fields, four of the following courses:
Course Requirements
| ART 250 | WOMEN AND THE ARTS | 3 |
| ENG 240 | WOMEN AND LITERATURE | 3 |
| HIS 240 | SELECTED TOPICS IN WOMEN'S HISTORY | 3 |
| HSS 250 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES | 3 |
| PSCI 320 | SELECTED TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| PSY 231 | PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN & GENDER | 3 |
| SOC 108 | RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN | 3 |
Any “special topics” course dealing predominantly with women’s and gender studies and approved by the Coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
The student’s actual course of study (major and minor courses) is designed by the student in consultation with the major faculty academic advisor and the Coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.