Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor
Program Overview
Women, gender, and sexuality studies is an interdisciplinary program concerned with issues that affect people due to their gender or sexual identity. The minor allows students to take courses in various departments that will enrich their lives as they explore topics such as the meanings of femininity and masculinity, sexual orientation, gender roles in society, sex, feminism, and global gender issues.
Requirements (18 credits)
Required Course:
| WGSS 200 | Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
Electives:
15 credits from the following:
| WGSS 208/SOC 208 | Sociology of LGBTQ+Communities | 3 |
| WGSS 215/ENG 215 | Introduction to Women Writers | 3 |
| WGSS 222/PHIL 222 | Philosophy and Gender | 3 |
| WGSS 240 | The Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| WGSS 241/PS 241/PHIL 241 | Women and American Law | 3 |
| WGSS 288 | Topics in Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 306/SOC 306 | Social Construction of Sexuality | 3 |
| WGSS 330/HIST 330 | History of Women in the US, 1620-1865 | 3 |
| WGSS 331/HIST 331 | History of Women in the United States, 1865-present. | 3 |
| WGSS 334/HIST 334 | Women of Medieval Europe | 3 |
| WGSS 335 | Women, Marriage, and Family in Early Modern Europe | 3 |
| WGSS 350/ANTH 350/WGSS 350 | Men and Women in Different Cultures | 3 |
| WGSS 380/COMM 380 | Women and Film | 4 |
| WGSS 390 | Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 391/PSY 390 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| WGSS 398 | Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 1-4 |
| WGSS 400 | Advanced Feminist Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 420/SOC 420 | Gender and Education | 4 |
| WGSS 435/COMM 435 | Images of Gender in the Media | 4 |
| WGSS 448/PSY 448 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| WGSS 461/SOC 461 | Intimacy and Aging | 4 |
| WGSS 469 | Readings in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 498 | Special Topics in Women Gender and Sexuality Studies | 1-4 |
Total Credit Hours: 18
At least nine credits must be at the 300-400 level, and no more than nine credits can be from any one discipline. Special topic courses may also be used pending approval of the appropriate department chair and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies coordinator.
Students may take advantage of coursework offered through the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education if required courses are not available at CCSU. For more information about the Hartford Consortium, click here.