The Women's Studies Minor

General Requirements

The Women's Studies minor requires a minimum of 25 credit hours in approved courses.

• 15 credit hours must be at the 300-level or above; 5 hours must be at the 500-level or above;
• A minimum grade of C- in all courses used to fulfill minor requirements and a GPA of at least 2.0 for all minor courses must be maintained;
• No more than 5 credit hours of combined special topics (WS 294, WS 494), and/or individual studies (WS 693) may be used to fulfill minor requirements.

Core Courses

All students must complete 10 credit hours of the following core courses:

• At least ONE of the following:
  • WS 101 Introduction to Women's Studies in the Humanities
  • WS 110 Women, Culture, and Society
  • WS 300 Introduction to Feminist Analysis
    NOTE: If WS 300 is not used as a requirement, it is strongly encouraged to be taken as as elective, since it is a prerequisite to most WS 500 level courses.
• At least ONE of the following courses that addresses women of color:
  • WS 340 Latina Experience in the U.S.
  • WS 367.02 U.S. Latina Writers
  • WS 367.04 Black Women Writers
  • WS 505 Feminist Analysis in Global Perspective
  • WS 520 Women of Color and Social Activism
  • WS 540 Studies in Women of Color Writing Culture
  • WS 623 African Women
  • WS 624 Women and Social Change in Latin America

Electives

The remaining 15 credit hours are selected from Women's Studies and/or approved discipline-related courses. No more than 5 credit hours of electives can be chosen outside of Women's Studies.

Note: "Topics In" and "Studies In" courses vary by quarter. Only those courses listed as approved related courses may be used for the minor requirement. For courses not listed in official OSU Women's Studies documents, students must obtain written approval from the department before enrolling in the course.

Advising

Women's Studies advisors will assist you in choosing women's studies courses and approved related courses to complete your minor. All minors are required to meet with a Women's Studies advisor to establish an initial minor program. Any program changes and the completed minor program must be reviewed by a department advisor for written approval when applying for graduation.

Minor courses may be used to meet curricular requirements, as specified in the General Education Curriculum (GEC). Courses used in the minor CANNOT count towards the major.

For more information

To ask more detailed questions, please contact the Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, Linda O'Brien, at obrien.32@osu.edu or (614) 292-1021.

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