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Program checklist · Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor [WGSS]

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor [WGSS]

State University of New York at Cortland · Cortland, NY

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Program
Award
Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor [WGSS]
Total credits (published)
18
Catalog edition
2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program interlinking the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and the arts. It is designed to complement many academic majors. Students completing the minor are able to examine interlocking systems of difference based on gender, sexuality, race, nation, class, ethnicity and ability, and to develop practical and theoretical skills for understanding and engaging the historical, social, cultural, economic and political contexts shaping our world.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196149
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196149_338608bb
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

A. Required Courses: 6 credit hours

2 items
  1. WGS 100
    Introduction to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  2. WGS 400
    Colloquium in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course

B. Electives: 12 credit hours

32 items
  1. WGS 101
    Social Construction of Men and Masculinities (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  2. WGS 230
    Sexism and Heterosexism: An Integrated Study (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Also listed as MGS 230
    Not resolved to a course
  4. WGS 445
    Women and Sport (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Also listed as EXS 445
    Not resolved to a course
  6. AAS 425
    African-American Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Also listed as ENG 425
    Not resolved to a course
  8. ANT 234
    Anthropology of Gender (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  9. COM 434
    Gender Communication (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  10. ECO 323
    Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.) or
    Not resolved to a course
  11. ECO 325
    Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  12. ENG 258
    Irish Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  13. ENG 261
    Introduction to Women in Literature (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  14. ENG 422
    American Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  15. ENG 425
    African-American Women Writers (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Also listed as AAS 425
    Not resolved to a course
  17. EXS 445
    Women and Sport (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  18. Also listed as WGS 445
    Not resolved to a course
  19. FSA 103
    Gender, Race and Class Issues in Education (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  20. HIS 317
    Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  21. HIS 318
    The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  22. HIS 341
    Gender and Power in Medieval Europe (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  23. HLH 302
    Human Sexuality Education (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  24. HLH 369
    Dimensions of Human Sexuality (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  25. PHI 140
    Philosophy of Diversity and Social Justice (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  26. PHI 380
    Feminist Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  27. POL 405
    Discrimination Law (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  28. PSY 210
    Racial and Gender Role Stereotypes (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  29. Also listed as AAS 210 and CIN 210
    Not resolved to a course
  30. SOC 355
    Gender and the Life Course (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  31. SOC 323
    Sociology of Gender (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course
  32. SOC 470
    Sociology of the Family (3 cr. hr.)
    Not resolved to a course

Special Topic Courses

5 items
  1. Black Women Agents of Change
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Incarceration and the Family
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Black Women in Film
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Literature and Sexuality
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Black Women’s Writing
    Not resolved to a course

Study Abroad Courses

0 items
    Source. State University of New York at Cortland, catalog 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.cortland.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=51&poid=9036&returnto=7255. Captured page pages/0312.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.