Minor in Women's and Gender Studies

The interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies Minor offers students an academic framework for the study of women, gender, and sexuality using the analytical tools and methodologies of a variety of disciplines in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The minor program consists of six Women's and Gender Studies subjects, arranged into three levels of study as follows:

Tier I
WGS.101Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies12
Tier II
Select four subjects, including at least one from each category below: 148
Humanities (HASS-H) and Arts (HASS-A) subjects 2
Women and Global Activism in Media and Politics
Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States
Gender and Media Studies
Gender and Technology
Gender in the Visual Arts
History of Women in Science and Engineering
Race and Identity in American Literature
International Women's Voices
Narrative and Identity: Writing and Film by Contemporary Women of Color
Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between
Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
Gender and the Law in US History
Queer Cinema and Visual Culture
Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies
Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World
Writing about Race
New Culture of Gender: Queer France
Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation
Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop
Intersectional Feminist Memoir
Jane Austen
Identities and Intersections: Queer Literatures
HIV/AIDS in American Culture
Social Science (HASS-S) subjects
Games and Culture
Gender and Public Health
For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family
Feminism and Data
Women and War
Race, Gender and Social Inequality in Reproductive Health Care
The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender
Psychology of Sex and Gender
Race, Culture, and Gender in the US and Beyond: A Psychological Perspective
Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?
Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms
Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice
Cultures of Computing
French Feminist Literature: Yesterday and Today
Tier III
Select one of the following: 312
Feminist Thought
Gender: Historical Perspectives
Total Units72
1

One of the Tier II subjects may be taken at Harvard or Wellesley with the permission of the director.

2

Subjects 21L.430, 21L.460, 21L.512, 21L.701, 21L.702, 21L.704, 21L.705, 21L.707, 21L.715, and 21W.745 may be taken for credit as a Women's and Gender Studies subject when their content meets WGS criteria. For more information, consult the program office

3

With the permission of the director, an advanced Women’s and Gender Studies subject may be substituted for WGS.301[J] or WGS.303[J].

For more information, contact the program manager, Stacey Lantz, Women's and Gender Studies, Room 14N-213, 617-253-8844, or visit the WGS website.