Women's & Gender Studies (Interdisciplinary Minor)
http://www.whitworth.edu/womens-and-gender-studies
At Whitworth, we affirm that all people are created in God's image and share a common humanity. The women’s and gender studies program at Whitworth approaches the interdisciplinary field from a Christian perspective and seeks to equip students to honor God, follow Christ and serve humanity in its full diversity through both curricular and co-curricular means.
The program seeks to form students who will, through their studies:
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Focus on gender as a category of intersectional analysis
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Explore, develop, articulate and critique Christian and feminist views
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Examine roles, experiences, contributions or representations of women and other minoritized populations and investigate the cultural construction of gender
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Make visible interpersonal, structural and internalized factors that create gender-related power imbalances
Courses that are included as electives in the minor explore women, feminism and social justice as a significant focus.
Requirements for a Women's & Gender Studies Minor (18) | ||
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| WGS 201 | Intro Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| 15 credits from the approved course list | 15 | |
Courses
| BI 108 | Biology of Sex & Gender | 3 |
| EL 126 | Women Writers | 3 |
| TH 183 | Biblical Themes and Women | 3 |
| HI 206 | Introduction to American Women's History | 3 |
| SO 220 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| EL 222 | Gender and Faith in Film and Literature | 3 |
| SO 252 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| AR 266 | Art and Identity in the United States | 3 |
| TH 275 | Bible and Gender | 3 |
| WGS 296H | Women's Artists' Books (honors) | 3 |
| EL 322 | Gender and Faith in Film and Literature | 3 |
| BU 325 | Gender Issues in Leadership | 3 |
| SO 326 | Sociology of Marriage | 3 |
| TH 327 | Theology of Justice and Diversity | 3 |
| FR 334 | French Women Writers | 3 |
| EL 335W | Medieval Women Writers | 3 |
| PO 336 | Gender, Politics and Law | 3 |
| EL 342 | British Women Writers | 3 |
| TH 350 | Gender Theologies | 3 |
| AR 366 | Art and Identity in the United States | 3 |
| COM 370 | Action Heroes to Zany Moms: Representations of Women in Popular Culture | 3 |
| COM 375 | Hollywood: Spotlight on Gender Representation | 3 |
| EL 378 | Jane Austen | 3 |
| HS 385 | Sexuality and Society | 3 |
| WGS 396H | American (S)Heroes | 3 |
| HI 400W | Sisters, Saints, Sinners: Women and Gender in American Religious History | 3 |
| SN 427HW | Gender and Identity Formation in Latin America | 3 |
| SN 434W | Spanish and Latin American Women Writers | 3 |
| HI 438W | Women in the Early Modern World | 3 |
| SO 452H | Violence Towards Women | 3 |
Director
KATHERINE KARR-CORNEJO