Students who select this minor must consult and have approval of the program adviser to establish a plan of study. This should be done prior to completing 6 hours of course work listed for the program. The minor plan must be filed with a Degree Counselor in the College of Arts and Humanities and certified prior to application for graduation by the Dean of the College in which the major study degree will be awarded.

A minimum of 18 semester hours selected from the following courses is required for the minor. Topics courses (*) may be taken for credit when the announced content is appropriate to the minor. At least 12 of the hours must be at the upper division level and 12 must be taken at A&M-Corpus Christi.

Required Courses Semester Hours
WGST 3301 Introduction to Women and Gender
           Studies (Open to all students)
WGST 4380 Seminar in Women and Gender Studies

Elective Courses Semester Hours
ANTH 3390* Special Topics in Anthropology:
          Anthropology of Gender
ARTS 4353 Topics in Art
BIOL 4590* Selected Topics (3 semester hours)
BLAW 4390* Current Topics in Business Law:
          Women in the Workplace
COMM 4314 Gender Communication
COMM 4345 Intercultural Communication
CRIJ 4324 Women & Criminal Justice
CRIJ 4360 Domestic Violence
ENGL 3366 Language in Society (with approval)
ENGL 4360 Women’s Literature
ENGL 4390* Topics in English
HIST 4337 United States Women’s History
HIST 4340 European Women’s History
MXAS 4390* Topics in Mexican American Studies
POLS 3311 Women and Politics
PSYC 3374 Human Sexuality
PSYC 4390* Topics in Psychology
SOCI 3320 Sociology of Gender
SOCI 3321 Mexican-American Women
SOCI 3340 Sociology of the Family
SPAN 4390* Topics in Spanish

* Topics courses (3390 and 4390) are limited to those approved by the program adviser as appropriate to the minor.

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