CSST Minor - Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies

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To earn the minor in Critical Sexuality Studies, students must complete 18 credits of gender and women’s studies coursework, divided as follows:

*CORE COURSES (9 credits)*
Course Number	Course Name	Semester offered	GEP
GWST 210	Introduction to Critical Sexuality Studies		SS / C
GWST 300	Methodologies of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies	Fall Only	WI
GWST 485	Sexuality and Queer Theory	Spring Only

*ELECTIVE CREDITS (9 credits)* Students must complete three courses from the list below
Course Number(s)	Course Name	RoE	GEP
GWST 220	Introduction to Transgender Studies	ROE
GWST/MLL 255	Intercultural Paris	RoE
GWST 315	Modern Masculinities		AH/C
GWST 321	Queer Representations in Film and TV	RoE	AH
GWST 344	Transnational Femininities
GWST 345	Unruly Bodies	RoE
GWST 348	Black, Queer and Feminist Film	RoE
GWST/THTR 349	Gender, Sexuality and Theatrical Performance		AH
GWST/HIST 366	Doin’ It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality	RoE	SS
GWST 381	Sexuality and Reproduction in the US
GWST 383	History and Politics of Sexuality	RoE
GWST 413	Language, Gender and Sexuality
GWST/PSYC 444	The Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
	Students can choose from one of the courses listed below:
GWST/SOCY 332	Human Sexuality in Sociological Perspective
GWST/SOCY 333	Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective
GWST/PSYC 356	The Psychology of Sex Differences

NOTES:

A “C” or better is required in all courses applied toward the minor.
When students pursue the CSST minor along with any GWST option, only two courses may overlap.
A maximum of six (6) credits of GWST electives may be taken at the 200 level.
A maximum of three (3) GWST independent study credits may be counted toward each minor.
GWST 292, 392 + 492 may be counted towards electives, and selected GWST 290, 390 + 490, with permission of adviser.