Minor in Gender and Diversity Studies

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi

Gender and Diversity

Earn a minor in GDS! Today's workplace, regardless of your chosen profession, demands an awareness of, and an appreciation for, the spectrum of issues related to gender and diversity. Rather than waiting for on-the-job training, gain a competitive edge and enhance your major field of study through this extensively interdisciplinary program. Whether you're pursuing a career in business, communications, the arts, education, health, humanities, social sciences, or human services, this program can only benefit you as an informed citizen and a successful professional.

"It is impossible to make sense out of either our past or our present without using race, class and gender as central categories of description and analysis."

Paula S. Rothenbergfrom Race, Class and Gender in the United States (1995)

Gender and Diversity Studies Minor: 18 hours

Required Course: GDS 201 (Introduction to Gender and Diversity Studies)

Choose 18 hours of electives. (At least six hours must be upper-division completed in residence at 天美传媒.)

ANT 140: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 329: North American Indians
ANT 343: Minorities in the United States
ANT 344: The Black Experience
ANT 596: The Minority Elderly
ARC 150: Introduction to Archaeology
ARC 380: Gender Archaeology
ART 211: Ancient and Medieval Art or ART 212: Art from the Renaissance to the Present
ART 356: The Art of Non-Western Cultures
CHN 340: Chinese Diversity Through Food
COM 340: Intercultural Communication
ECO 140: Contemporary Economics
ENG 245: African-American Literature
ENG 250: Contemporary World Literature
ENG 318: Women's Literature
ENG 319: Gay and Lesbian Literature
ENG 320: Survey in African-American Literature
GDS 351: Open Topics in Gender and Diversity
GDS 412: Directed Study in Multicultural, Class and Gender Studies
EES 110: World Geography
HIS 309: Survey of World Religions
HIS 320: African-American History
HIS 340: Modern East Asia
HIS 350: History of Latin America
HIS 354: Ancient Middle East
HIS 355: Islamic Middle East
HIS 359: Early India
HIS 360: Modern India
HIS 370: History of Africa
HIS 415: Women in History
HIS 450: Modern Africa
HIS 451: Slavery and Africa
HIS 472: Modern China
HIS 474: China in Revolution
HIS 475: Modern Japan
HIS 481: Revolutionary Mexico 1810 to the Present
MUS 108: Journeys of Sound: Introduction to World Music
PHI 255: Philosophy of Race
POL 342: Ethnic Politics
POL 445: Constitutional Law I: Developments and Trends
POL 453: Government and Politics of Latin America
POL 454: Government and Politics of Asia
PSY 221: Psychology of Human Sexuality
PSY 302: Topical Seminar
SOC 231: Social Problems
SOC 250: Global Sociology
SOC 269: Popular Culture
SOC 331: The Family
SOC 334: Sociology of Migration
SOC 337: Social Inequality
SOC 343: Race and Ethnicity
SOC 355: Sociology of Gender
SWK 225: Human Diversity

Or one of the following:

CHN 105: Introduction to Chinese Culture
FRE 105: Introduction to French Culture
GER 105: Introduction to German Culture
JPN 105: Introduction to Japanese Culture
SPA 105: Introduction to Hispanic Culture

The requirements listed above are an example of what is applicable to most students entering 天美传媒. Criteria as they may relate to individual students may vary.

View requirements in the Academic Bulletin