Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor

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18 hours distributed as follows:

At least 10 hours from WGSS courses and those listed below:

At least one course must be chosen from the Humanities listing and one course from the Social Science listing. Special topics or other courses may be substituted with approval of the program director.

3-4 hours of Humanities courses:

CLAS 325, 326 - Topics in Ancient Life & Culture (4, 4)
Topic must be appropriate for the minor
DAN 306 - Choreographing Gender and Identity (4)
HIST 301 - Women in United States History: 1865 to the Present (4)
HIST 306 - Southern Women’s History (4)
HIST 307 - Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement (4)
HIST 357 - Gender and Imperialism (4)
HIST 383 - Women in China (4)
LIT 346 - Readings in Gender and Sexuality (4)
LIT 364 - Postcolonial Literature (4)
LIT 488 - Seminar in a Major Author (4)
Author must be Toni Morrison or Virginia Woolf
PHIL 202 - Philosophy of Sex and Gender (4)
PHIL 323 - Philosophy of Third World Feminism (4)
RELS 330 - Religion and Gender (4)
RELS 389 - Jewish Women and Religion (4)

3-4 hours of Social Science courses:

Additional Information

University-wide minimum requirements for a minor: 1) one-half of the hours required for a minor must be completed in residence at UNC Asheville, to include at least 6 hours at the 300-400 level; 2) students must have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 2.0 on minor courses taken at UNC Asheville.