Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Minor
Ann Andaloro, Director
303F Breckinridge Hall
(606) 783-2714
The purpose of the Women's Studies Minor is to provide students with an understanding of how gender, particularly in terms of women, is constructed and employed in educational, historical, aesthetic, sociological, and political contexts. The intention is to equip students with the knowledge and analytical abilities needed to recognize and transform gender inequality in their own lives and in the world at large.
Program Competencies
The purpose of the program is:
- To inform students of the diversity of women's contributions across academic disciplines in a multicultural and global society.
- To increase students' knowledge of the varied contributions of women throughout history.
- To challenge students to use a variety of critical thinking and problem solving skills to recognize and contend with gender inequality at the individual and social level.
- To expand students' knowledge, skills, and consciousness regarding their choices in families, politics, work, and leisure.
Required Courses
WST 273 — Introduction to Women's Studies |
3 |
WST 490 — Integrative Capstone in Women's Studies |
3 |
Electives
Additional courses cross listed in Women's Studies |
15 |
Some courses currently approved to be cross listed in the minor are:
WST 120/ENG 120 — Approaches to Literature
WST 210/GOVT 180 — Introduction to Political Theory
WST/SWK 230 — Social Welfare, History, and Ethics
WST 302/CRIM 300 — Criminogenic Family
WST 303/SWK 301 — Comparative Family Violence
WST/SOC 305 — Cultural Anthropology
WST/HIS 312 — Women in American History
WST/GOVT 317 — Feminist Political Thought
WST/ENG 320 — Women Writers and Feminist Perspectives
WST/EDF 322 — Gender and Education
WST/SOC 333 — Sociology of Gender Violence
WST/SWK 340 — Community Mental Health
WST/SOC 350 — Human Experience of Sex and Gender
WST/PHIL 351— Philosophy of Love and Sex
WST/SOC 354 — The Individual and Society
WST/GOVT 355 — Women and Politics
WST/SOC/CRIM 363 — Cross Cultural Perspectives on the Sex Industry
WST/SOC 374 — American Minority Relations
WST 375/HIS 374 — History of the Middle East
WST/HIS 377 — 20th Century Asian Wars
WST/CRIM 380 — Race, Class, Gender & Crime
WST/ENG 391 - Advanced Expository Writing
WST 397/SOC 300 — Social Stratification
WST/HS 457 — Parenting
WST 474/NAHS 303 — Women's Health Care
WST/CMEM 452 — Problems in Contemporary Broadcasting
WST/COMM 482 — American Popular Culture & Com. Tech.
New courses and special topics will be approved for cross listing on an individual basis.
For additional information on the Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program (IWSP), contact the IWSP coordinator at (606) 783-5288. You may also contact or visit the Women's Studies Office at 204 Rader Hall, Morehead, KY 40351 or by telephone at (606) 783-5414.