Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

List A: WGSS Arts and Humanities List

• WMNST/AFAM 101 The African American Woman (WOC)
• WMNST/AFAM 102 Women of Color Cross-Cultural Perspective (NWW/WOC)
• WMNST/AMST 104 Women and the American Experience
• WMNST 105N Living in a Diverse World (if not taken as Core Course)
• WMNST 106N Representing Women and Gender in Literature, Art, and Popular Cultures (if not taken as Core Course)
• WMNST/HIST 117 Women in United States History
• WMNST/JST/RLST 137 Gender and Religion (NWW)
• WMNST/HIST 166 History of Sexuality
• WMNST 175N Fashion, Gender, and Identity
• WMNST/ENGL 194 Women Writers
• WMNST 197 Special Topics**
• WMNST/AFR 202N Women, Gender, and Feminisms in Africa (NWW)
• WMNST/ART 207N LGBTQ+ Identity, Culture, and The Arts
• WMNST/AFAM/HIST 213Y African American Women’s History (WOC)
• WMNST/ENGL/ARTH 225N Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture
• WMNST/ENGL 227 Introduction to Queer Theory
• WMNST/IT/CMLIT/HIST 240Q Artistic Patronage in Europe
• WMNST/ENGL 245 Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
• WMNST/HIST 266Y Sex and Violence in Nineteenth-Century America
• WMNST/FR 270 Race and Gender in Literature Translated from French
• WMNST/JST/RLST 280 Gender and the Divine in South Asia
• WMNST 297 Special Topics**
• WMNST/LTNST 300 Latinx Gender and Sexuality Studies (WOC)
• WMNST 301 Sexualities, Gender and Power: Feminist Thought and Politics
• WMNST 350 Gender, War, and Militarism**
• WMNST/AFAM 364N Black & White Sexuality (WOC)
• WMNST 397 Special Topics**
• WMNST 400N Debates in Contemporary Feminism
• WMNST 401 Doing Feminism: Theory and Practice**
• WMNST/THEA 407W Women and Theatre
• WMNST/AMST 430 Women in American Society**
• WMNST/PHIL 438 Feminist Philosophy
• WMNST/HIST/JST 439 Women and the Holocaust
• WMNST/CAMS 450Y Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
• WMNST/ENGL 462 Reading Black, Reading Feminist (WOC)
• WMNST/HIST 466 Lesbian and Gay History
• WMNST/IT 480 Italian Women Writers Through the Centuries
• WMNST/ENGL 489 British Women Writers
• WMNST/ENGL 490 Women Writers and Their Worlds
• WMNST/ENGL/AMST 491 American Women Writers
• WMNST 497 Special Topics**
• CHNS 416 Gender and Sexuality in China
• HIST/WMNST 116 Family and Sex Roles in Modern History
• PHIL 14 Philosophy of Love and Sex

List B: WGSS Natural and Social Sciences List

• WMNST 100 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (if not taken as Core Course)
• WMNST/AFAM/SOC 103 Racism and Sexism (WOC)
• WMNST 105N Living in a Diverse World (if not taken as Core Course)
• WMNST/SOC 110 Sociology of Gender
• WMNST 116 Family and Sex Roles in Modern History
• WMNST 120 Sex, Gender, and the Body
• WMNST/AFAM/LER 136 Race, Gender, and Employment (WOC)
• WMNST/STS 157 Science, Technology, and Gender
• WMNST 197 Special Topics**
• WMNST 200 Global Feminisms (WOC/NWW)
• WMNST/AFR 202N Women, Gender, and Feminisms in Africa (NWW)
• WMNST/COMM 205 Gender, Diversity, and the Media (WOC)
• WMNST/ART 207N LGBTQ+ Identity, Culture, and The Arts
• WMNST 220 Beyond Birth Control: Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Sexualities
• WMNST/IST 235 Gender and the Global Information Technology Sector
• WMNST/HDFS 250 Sexual Identity over the Life Span
• WMNST 297 Special Topics**
• WMNST/AFAM/ANTH 303 Race and Gender in the Americas (NWW)
• WMNST 350 Gender, War, and Militarism**
• WMNST/AFAM 364N Black and White Sexuality (WOC)
• WMNST 400N Debates in Contemporary Feminism
• WMNST 401 Doing Feminism: Theory and Practice**
• WMNST/EDTHP 412 Education and the Status of Women
• WMNST/CED 420W Gender and International Development (NWW)
• WMNST/CRIM/CRIMJ 423 Sexual and Domestic Violence
• WMNST/KINES 424 Women and Sport
• WMNST/GEOG 426W Gendered Worlds
• WMNST/PLSC 428 Gender and Politics
• WMNST/AMST 430 Women in American Society**
• WMNST/BBH/NURS 452 Women’s Health Issues
• WMNST/CRIM/CRIMJ 453 Women and the Criminal Justice System
• WMNST/CAS 455 Gender Roles in Communication
• WMNST/SOC 456 Gender, Occupations, and Professions
• WMNST/BBH 458 Critical Feminist Issues in Reproduction
• WMNST/BESC 464 Feminine/Masculine
• WMNST 471/PSYCH 479 The Psychology of Gender
• WMNST/LER 472 Work-Life Practices and Policies
• WMNST/ANTH 476W Anthropology of Gender (NWW)
• WMNST/SOC 477 Sociology of Sexuality
• WMNST 497 Special Topics**
• AFAM 416 Race, Gender, and Science
• ANTH 216N Sex and Evolution
• ANTH 416 The Evolution of Human Mating
• ANTH/WMNST 476W Anthropology of Gender
• BBH 146 Introduction to Health and Human Sexuality
• BBH 251 Straight Talks I: Advanced Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Peer Education
• BBH 315 Gender and Biobehavioral Health
• BH 446 Human Sexuality as a Health Concern
• BIOL 177 Biology of Sex
• HDFS 405 Gender and Social Development
• PSYCH 231 Introduction to the Psychology of Gender
• PSYCH 422 Human Sexuality

Total: 18 credits

*When choosing WMNST courses, all students must take at least 1 course which focuses on either Women of Color or Non-Western Women. These courses are designated on lists A and B with the codes WOC and NWW.

**These courses may be taught with a humanities or social sciences focus, depending on the instructor. Submit the syllabus to the WMNST advisor in order to determine the correct category (List A vs B) above.

For information on how to integrate these experiences into the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major requirements, contact WGSS adviser, Julianna Chaszar (jxc50@psu.edu).