GENDER STUDIES

Lynda L. Coon, Chair of Studies, 506 Old Main, 575-6776

* Professors Rushing, Schneider * Associate Professors Bailey, Coon, Detels, Edwards, Fredrick, Gordon, Sonn, Stephens * Assistant Professors Amason, Bird, D'Alisera, House, Kahf, Marren, Parry, Robinson, Striffler, Swedenberg, Zajicek

The Gender Studies minor introduces students to various ways that questions about women's and men's differing participation in work, the family, political systems, and creative endeavors have been asked and answered by different academic disciplines. This is an interdisciplinary minor. Courses in the humanities and the social sciences explore sex roles, sex differences, and the concepts of masculinity and femininity; the roles of women in culture and society, past and present, and their implications for the roles of men; questions about the distribution of power, work, and resources in the public and private sectors; and the symbolic representation of gender and identity in literature, religion, and art. The minor is often chosen by students interested in investigating materials previously neglected by scholars and in fresh perspectives on traditional subject matter. Some expertise in Gender Studies has proven to be an asset to both female and male students who have gone on to a graduate school and to work in such fields as government and business, social services and health agencies, the law, art and politics.

Program Requirements: The student must complete 15 credit hours of regular courses listed below or special topics and seminars found in each semester's Schedule of Classes under Gender Studies, including Introduction to Gender Studies (HUMN 2003):

ANTH 3163, Male and Female

ANTH 3523, Gender and Politics in Latin America

COMM 4333, Communication and Gender

ENGL 3913, Women and Modern Literature

HIST 3083, Women and Christianity

HIST 4133, Society and Gender in Modern Europe

HIST 4413, Women and Family in the Middle East Since 1800

HUMN 2003, Introduction to Gender Studies

HUMN 4243, Women in Music and Art

PLSC 4573, Gender and Politics

SOCI 4133, The Family

SOCI 4203, Gender and Society

WLIT 3983, Women and Arabic Literature

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