Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor


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The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor is grounded in MUW’s history as America’s first public college for women and its ongoing commitment to academic and leadership development for women. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students in the minor critically examine the social construction of gender and the gendered status of women in diverse cultural contexts and time periods. The minor emphasizes both scholarly exploration and the application of knowledge to practical women’s issues.  Any student graduating with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies will be required to earn at least a C average in all minor courses.

Select fifteen hours of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Electives (15 Semester Hours)


A minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies requires 18 semester hours of WGS courses, which may include up to 3 semester hours of WC 101 and 3 semester hours of WC 402.

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