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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Women’s and Gender Studies

Minimum number of credits to complete the minor:  20

Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate:  2.0

 

School: School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Humanities  

Learn more about the minor

Minor Requirements

The minor consists of five courses (20 credits): one core course and four elective courses.

Required Course

Complete the following required course:

Required Electives

Choose four elective courses from Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) courses.

  • Only two cross-listed courses can be counted toward the minor in any single department or program that is not WGS. For example, a student may apply two cross-listed courses in English (or other departments/programs) that are among those accepted as WGS cross-listed courses and/or departments/programs.

Cultural Difference Courses

Recommended courses on cultural difference include, but are not limited to: