Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

Women’s and Gender Studies Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses.

Residency: At least three courses for the minor must be taken through the Women’s and Gender Studies Department. At least three courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.
Course level: At least three courses for the minor must be at the 300-level or higher.
Course limits: No more than two independent study courses may be applied toward the minor.

Course Requirements

Electives (18 Credits)

Take six courses from below. At least one course must be from the multicultural awareness list and at least one course must be from one of the four specific course groups.

Multicultural Awareness Course List

WGS 110 Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
WGS 225 Latinas in the United States 3 Credit(s)
WGS 268 Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
WGS 270 Native American Women in North America 3 Credit(s)
WGS 295L Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
WGS 355L Gender, Development and Globalization 3 Credit(s)
WGS 359L Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
WGS 360 Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
WGS 376L Women of Color 3 Credit(s)
WGS 411 Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Conflicts, and Solidarity 3 Credit(s)
AFRSTY 230 African-American Women’s History 3 Credit(s)
AMST 228L Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
ASAMST 226 Becoming South Asians 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 357 African-American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)

Specific Group Course Lists

Historical Perspectives
WGS 290 The Legal Rights of Women 3 Credit(s)
WGS 325L Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
WGS 345 Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
WGS 359L Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
WGS 394L Women in US Social Movements 3 Credit(s)
AFRSTY 230 African-American Women’s History 3 Credit(s)
Feminist Thought
WGS 356L Faiths & Feminisms: Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion in the U.S. 3 Credit(s)
WGS 400 Feminist Thought 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 230 Philosophy and Feminism 3 Credit(s)
Interdisciplinary Research
WGS 311L American Oral History 3 Credit(s)
WGS 370 Research Seminar in Women’s Studies 3 Credit(s)
WGS 498 Honors Research Tutorial 3 Credit(s)
Field Experience
WGS 490 Internship in Women’s Studies 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 460 Internship: Sociology in the City 6 Credit(s)