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Image is of Honors Day 2008
Julie Bordelon, left,
with Roneshia Clark, recipient of the
Frank F. McDonald Scholarship. Roneshia is majoring in psychology and minoring in gender studies.

Mission

The Gender Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that explores the fascinating and complex connections between sex, gender, human sexuality, and sexual orientation. Faculty from such departments as History, Economics, Sociology, English, Philosophy, Communication Studies, Social Work, Management, and Psychology provide students with a wide range of perspectives that greatly enrich a Liberal Arts education. Gender is one of  the most fundamental facts of our existence, and courses in this minor will enhance students’ understanding of its deep significance. The Gender Studies minor should serve as an excellent complement to any Liberal Arts major.

Objectives

  • Increase student understanding of the biological, psychological and social dimensions of sex and gender
  • Provide an arena of critical scholarly thought on issues of gender and sexuality without adherence to any particular ideology
  • Allow for the exploration of all relevant gender issues from feminism to studies in masculinity; from issues of homosexuality to traditional family structure. Although many courses do focus on women, the program is Gender Studies, not simply Women’s Studies.

The Gender Studies Minor Prepares Students For...

  • An enriched understanding of themselves and their fellow citizens as gendered beings.
  • Graduate studies in virtually any Liberal Arts field, particularly Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, History, English, Communication Studies, and Social Work.
  • Any career in which a more fully-realized understanding of human complexity is valued.

Coming Events

  • (Please return later for coming events.)

Spring 2010

  • GNDR 111.001* Intro to Gender Studies ~ TR 10:30- 11:45 Marla Mosher

  • GNDR 111.002* Intro to Gender Studies ~ TR 01:30- 02:45 Marla Mosher

  • GNDR 333.001 Perspectives on Gender ~ MW 04:30- 05:45 Tory Pearman

  • MNGT 444.001 Managing Diversity in Organizations ~ MWF 1:00-1:50 Nancy Kovanic

  • PSY 381.001 Psychology of Gender ~ T 6:00-8:45 Cynthia Smith

Summer I 2010

  • GNDR 111.301* Intro to Gender Studies MTWRF 10:00-11:50 Marla Mosher

Summer II 2010

  • GNDR 111.401* Intro to Gender Studies MTWRF 10:00-11:50 Marla Mosher

  • PSY 298.401 Human Sexuality ~ MTWRF 12:00-01:50 Amie McKibban

* a core curriculum course under the heading C2 (individual development/social behavior)

** a core curriculum course under the heading D (synthesis: integration and application of knowledge)

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University Core Curriculum Download Checksheet for the University Core Curriculum

In addition to the departmental degree requirements, a minimum of 50 hours in the University Core Curriculum must be met.


FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Steven D. Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology
Director of Gender Studies
Office: LA 3014
Phone: 812 461-5236
swilliam@usi.edu


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