Gender Studies Minor
Description
The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies offers a gender studies minor, an interdisciplinary course of study that will help students understand how and why notions of "masculinity" and "femininity" have changed at different times and in different cultures. Analysis of gender also includes attention to other social categories, such as race, ethnicity, class, nationality, ability, age, and sexual orientation. Students may choose to pursue an optional emphasis on sexuality within the gender studies minor. Students can select from a variety of cross-listed courses taught by some of the best and most innovative teachers from the departments of African American Studies, Classics, English, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy/Religion, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology, and Southern Studies.
Course Requirements
A minor in gender studies requires the completion of 18 semester hours of gender studies courses, including ISOM 2010 Introduction to Gender Studies. Students are encouraged to meet with the director to enroll in the minor.
An optional sexuality/queer studies emphasis requires 9 hours (of the 18-hour total) from the following list of courses:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISOM 2020 | Introduction to Queer Studies | 3 |
| ISOM 3240 | Men and Masculinities | 3 |
| ISOM 3290 | Queer Playwriting and American Culture | 3 |
| ISOM 3300 | Queer Rhetorics | 3 |
| ISOM 3370 | The South and Sexuality | 3 |
| ISOM 3490 | Society and the Sexes in Modern Europe | 3 |
| ISOM 3150 | Gender and Sexuality in Cinema | 3 |
| ISOM 3153 | Gender and Sexuality in the Media | 3 |
| ISOM 3640 | Gender/Sexuality in East Asian History | 3 |
| ISOM 3660 | Sex, Gender, and the Bible | 3 |
| ISOM 3820 | Intro to Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| ISOM 3830 | Studies in Gender and Feminism | 3 |
| ISOM 3840 | Studies in Gay and Lesbian Lit/Theory | 3 |
| ISOM 3870 | Queer YA | 3 |
| ISOM 4120 | Advanced Queer Studies | 3 |
| ISOM 4230 | Black Women's Enterprise & Activism | 3 |
| ISOM 4330 | Theories of Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| ISOM 4380 | Language, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| ISOM 4999A | Special Topics in Queer Theory | 3 |
| ISOM 5460 | Queer Mississippi | 3 |
With permission of the director of gender studies, students may use:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISOM 3100 | Topics in Gender and Culture | 3 |
| ISOM 3170 | Topics in Gender Studies on Location | 3 |
| ISOM 3190 | Special Topics in Gender Studies | 3 |
| ISOM 4160 | Internship in Gender Studies | 1-3 |
| ISOM 4999C | Special Topics in Gender Studies | 3 |
| ISOM 4180 | Directed Readings in Gender Studies | 3 |
Other Academic Requirements
Students are required to earn a minimum grade of C in each course taken for the minor.