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GENDER STUDIES MINOR

Kirsten L. Parkinson (2001), Coordinator, John S. Kenyon Professor of English, Director of the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature
A.B., Harvard University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Janet Pope (1998), Coordinator, Professor of History
B.A., Rider College;
M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara

Vivien Sandlund (1995), Coordinator, Professor of History
B.A., M.A., M.Ed., University of Massachusetts;
Ph.D., Emory University

Department Web Site:  http://www.hiram.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/gender-studies-minor

Introduction

Gender studies is a multidisciplinary minor that examines the role of gender in society. It considers both the biological and cultural origins of sex and gender differences and how those differences have structured a multitude of social and political institutions. The program also considers how issues of race, ethnicity, class, religion, and sexual orientation interact with gender. Incorporating the fields of anthropology, art, biology, communication, economics, English, history, foreign languages, philosophy, political science, psychology, religious studies, and sociology, the gender studies minor provides students with practical and theoretical tools for understanding gender relationships.

Requirements for minors

To qualify for a gender studies minor, students must take INTD 31400/38400: Masculinity, Femininity, and Culture. They must also complete additional gender studies courses for a total of 18 credit hours. The most common structure is to take five additional courses of 3-4 credit hours, but students can also take a range of 1-credit courses to complete part of the requirements. No more than three classes in any given discipline can count towards a gender studies minor (i.e. taking four classes in women’s history would only fulfill three gender studies course requirements).

Gender studies courses

This list is not comprehensive. If there are courses not listed here that seem to qualify (such as occasional special topics seminars), please check with a gender studies coordinator to confirm that it will count towards the minor.

Courses that count toward the gender studies minor are identified in the comments section of each semester's class schedule. 

  • INTD 30120  Aging, Sex & the Body (offered every other year)
  • INTD 32900: Gender and Creativity (offered yearly in the Weekend College)
  • INTD 31400/38400: Masculinity, Femininity and Culture (UD) (REQUIRED; offered every other year)
  • BIMD 37500 Issues in Women’s Health (ES) (offered every other year)
  • COMM 32400: Gender Communication (offered every other year)
  • ENGL 24100: Literary Perspectives on Women (offered every 2-3 years)
  • FREN 38000: Women in French Literature (offered every 2-3 years)
  • HIST 22100: Concubines, Mothers, and Saints: European Women and the Family, circa 200-1500
  • HIST 22400: Spinsters and Suffragists:  Modern European Women and Gender (offered every other year)
  • HIST 23020: Brothel to Factory, Female Labor in Modern E. Asia (offered every other year)
  • HIST 25650: History of Gender & Sexuality in East Asia (offered every other year)
  • HIST 27300: Women in American History
  • SOAN 23900: Sex and Gender in Society (offered every other year)
  • SOAN 26710: The Black Family
  • SOAN 38000: Work and Family