Minor in Women's Studies (19 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   WS 222 : (WS-Soc) Introduction to Women's Studies. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WS 222 : (WS-Soc) Introduction to Women's Studies. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of scholarship about women's lives; new historical, sociological, psychological, and literary approaches that inform our understanding of women's experience.
   
   
   WS 392R : Women's Studies Colloquium. (.5:ARR:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WS 392R : Women's Studies Colloquium. (.5:ARR:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Scholarly findings presented by researchers on topics relating to women's lives and experiences throughout history, across the world, and within ethnic, educational, and economic segments of society.
   
   
   (two enrollments required)
   WS 492 : Women's Studies Senior Research Seminar. (3:ARR:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WS 492 : Women's Studies Senior Research Seminar. (3:ARR:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	WS 222.
   DESCRIPTION:	Synthesis of interdisciplinary studies of women; comparative analysis of methods used in research on women; group or individual senior research papers required.
   
   
2. Complete two courses from the following:
   ENGL 396 : Studies in Women's Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 396 : Studies in Women's Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Female-authored literary texts and literary theory concerning women.
   NOTE:	A core class for the women's studies minor.
   
   
   HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey course of women's experience in American culture and society from the Puritans to the present.
   
   
   PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PL SC 472 : International Political Economy of Women. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   RECOMMENDED:	PlSc 200 or Hist 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effects upon national, international, and developmental policies when women are rendered visible and valued.
   
   
   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PSYCH 306 : Psychology of Gender. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Psych 301, 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Biological and social contributions to sex role development, sexual self-concept, and complementarity of sex roles.
   NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test.
   
   
   SFL 371 : Work and Relationships in the Home. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SFL 371 : Work and Relationships in the Home. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	MFHD 160.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theoretical and practical implications of interplay between household work, family relationships, and human resource development.
   
   
   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Gender in social institutions: family, social hierarchies, economics, education, organizations, religion, and science.
   
   
3. Complete two elective courses from the following:
   HLTH 450 : Women's Health Issues. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HLTH 450 : Women's Health Issues. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of selected health topics affecting women's health status. Primary emphasis on steps to enhance personal health and fulfill divine roles from childhood through adulthood.
   
   
   HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   History of American families from colonial period to the present.
   
   
   NDFS 424 : Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   NDFS 424 : Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. (2:2:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	NDFS 300 or 305 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Dietary recommendations for pregnancy and lactation; infant feeding; nutritional requirements, diet, and health concerns of preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and the elderly.
   
   
   SFL 461 : The Family and the Law. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SFL 461 : The Family and the Law. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	SFL 160.
   DESCRIPTION:	Legal environment of the family system, with emphasis on husband-wife and parent-child relationships, rights, and responsibilities.
   
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   DESCRIPTION:	Social psychological and social structural analysis of racial and ethnic relations; prejudice, discrimination, responses, protests, current issues.
   
   
   or
   SOC 460 : Issues in Family Sociology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 460 : Issues in Family Sociology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Soc 310.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced sociological analysis of current issues relating to the family (e.g., theory, methodology, parenting, marriage, divorce, family crises, race, gender, etc.).
   
   
   WS 390R : Women's Studies Special Topics. (1-3:ARR:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WS 390R : Women's Studies Special Topics. (1-3:ARR:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Subjects related to women's studies, including anthropology of gender, women in the scriptures, British colonial writers, women's health care concepts, Euopean women's history, Mormon women's history, women entrepreneurs, etc.
   
   
   WS 499R : Independent Research. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WS 499R : Independent Research. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Course-related instructional activities or laboratory/field research in women's studies issues.
   
   
   (1-3 hours required)

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