Requires a total of 18 hours.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| WGS 221 | Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| or WGS 222 | Introduction to Sexuality Studies | |
| Select a minimum of 15 additional hours | 15 | |
If courses not designated WGS are taken, they must be from an approved list on file with the chair of the department; examples of these courses are listed below.
- Students may count no more than 6 hours from their major(s) toward the minor.
- No more than 3 hours may be taken pass/fail.
- No online course taken at institutions other than Wake Forest may count toward the minor.
Students pursuing the minor are encouraged to take WGS 221 in the first or second year prior to taking other 200 or 300 level classes.
Electives for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| All courses are subject to approval for the major and the minor. Special Topics courses must be in a relevant area. Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of this bulletin. The chair of the department maintains a complete list of all official elective courses. | ||
| Courses in the Humanities | ||
| AES 357 | Studies in Chicano/a Literature | 3 |
| ART 351 | Topics in Gender and Art | 3 |
| EAL 241 | Gender and Sexuality in Modern and Contemporary Japan | 3 |
| ENG 340 | Studies in Women and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 344 | Studies in Poetry (when topic relates to WGS) | 3 |
| ENG 357 | Studies in Chicano/a Literature | 3 |
| ENG 371 | American Ethnic Literature | 3 |
| GES 390 | German Women Writers | 3 |
| HST 324 | Fashion in the Eighteenth Century | 3 |
| HST 336 | Gender and Power in African History | 3 |
| HST 337 | Women and Gender in Early America | 3 |
| HST 338 | Sexuality, Race and Class in the United States since 1850 | 3 |
| HST 348 | Samurai and Geisha: Fact, Film, and Fiction | 3 |
| HST 359 | Prostitutes, Machos, and Travestis: Sex and Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
| HST 372 | Queer Public Histories | 3 |
| HST 388 | Nation, Faith, and Gender in the Middle East | 3 |
| HMN 223 | African and Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| HMN 290 | The Humanities through Film, Literature and Media | 3 |
| ITA 335 | Italian Women Writers | 3 |
| ITA 336 | Italian Women and the City | 3 |
| MSC 109 | Gender, Sexuality, and Music | 3 |
| PHI 379 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 |
| REL 318 | Feminist and Contemporary Interpretations of the New Testament | 3 |
| REL 345 | The African-American Religious Experience | 3 |
| REL 388 | South Asian Women: Religion, Culture and Politics | 3 |
| SPA 348 | Contemporary Women Novelists and their Female Characters | 3 |
| Courses in the Social and Natural Sciences | ||
| AES 310 | Race, Class, and Gender in a Color-blind Society | 3 |
| ANT 332 | Anthropology of Gender | 3 |
| ANT 333 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| COM 318 | Culture and Sitcom | 3 |
| COM 320 | Media Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| COM 340 | Democracy, Slavery and Sex: Emancipation Discourse from the Founding to the Civil War | 3 |
| COM 341 | Class, Race, Sex and War: Emancipation Discourse from the Civil War to the Second Wave of Feminism | 3 |
| COM 370 | Special Topics (when topic is "Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality") | 1-3 |
| EDU 310 | Race, Class, and Gender in a Color-blind Society | 3 |
| LIN 333 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| POL 277 | Feminist Political Thought | 3 |
| PSY 265 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PSY 359 | Psychology of Gender | 3 |
| PSY 364 | Stereotyping and Prejudice | 3 |
| SOC 153 | Contemporary Families | 3 |
| SOC 305 | Gender in Society | 3 |
| SOC 309 | Sexuality and Society | 3 |
| SOC 327 | Sociology of Emotion | 3 |
| SOC 347 | Society, Culture, and Sport | 3 |
| SOC 359 | Race and Racism | 3 |
| SOC 360 | Social Inequality | 3 |